NOVA: Bombing Hitler’s Dams
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In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in history — destroying two gigantic dams in Germany’s industrial heartland and cutting the water supply to arms factories — with a revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis. Wallis and the pilots of 617 Squadron dealt a mighty blow to the German war machine. Now, NOVA re-creates the extreme engineering challenges faced by Wallis and the pilots with the aid of six spectacular experiments. Each represents a technical challenge that the "Dambusters" had to solve to make their mission a success. A team of experts — from dam engineers to explosives specialists — steps into the shoes of the Dambusters. They will adapt a vintage World War II DC4 to carry a bomb the size of an oil drum; train to drop it from a dangerously low altitude in pitch darkness; get it to bounce over obstacles and onto the target; and finally, at a test site in Canada with a 1:6 scale model of one of the German dams, try to repeat history.
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[6] NOVA: 3D Spies of WWII: http://www.soptv.org/nova-3d-spies-wwii/
[7] AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Bombing of Germany: http://www.soptv.org/american-experience-bombing-germany/
[8] SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Japanese SuperSub: http://www.soptv.org/secrets-dead-japanese-supersub/
[9] SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Airmen and the Headhunters: http://www.soptv.org/secrets-dead-airmen-headhunters/
[10] NOVA: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor: http://www.soptv.org/nova-killer-subs-pearl-harbor/
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