The Resource Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings
Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings
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The item Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneveuver that has become military legend
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780062953636
- Label
- Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II
- Title
- Operation Chastise
- Title remainder
- the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Max Hastings
- Subject
-
- Great Britain, Royal Air Force | Squadron, 617 -- History
- Operation Chastise, 1943
- Ruhr (Germany : Region) -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany | Ruhr (Region)
- Dams -- Germany | Ruhr (Region) -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tells the story of the infamous British military operation, the Dambusters raid. This aerial bombing attack, called Operation Chastise, was responsible for the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in northwest Germany by Britain's Royal air Force 617 Squadron, an epic wartime maneveuver that has become military legend
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hastings, Max
- Dewey number
- 940.54/21355
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Great Britain
- Operation Chastise, 1943
- Dams
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Ruhr (Germany : Region)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings
- Note
- "Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index
- Control code
- on1140217204
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062953636
- Lccn
- bl2020000366
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1140217204
- Label
- Operation Chastise : the RAF's most brilliant attack of World War II, Max Hastings
- Note
- "Originally published as Chastise in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-350) and index
- Control code
- on1140217204
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xxxv, 364 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062953636
- Lccn
- bl2020000366
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1140217204
Subject
- Great Britain, Royal Air Force | Squadron, 617 -- History
- Operation Chastise, 1943
- Ruhr (Germany : Region) -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany | Ruhr (Region)
- Dams -- Germany | Ruhr (Region) -- History -- 20th century
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