The Dam Busters (book)

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The Dam Busters (book) is a non-fiction work by Paul Brickhill that chronicles the planning, execution, and impact of the RAF’s World War II “Dambusters” raids on German dams.

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Label	Occurrences
Dambusters raid	6
The Dam Busters	4
The Dam Busters (book) canonical	2
Dambusters	1
The Dam Busters (1951 book)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ war book ⓘ
about	special operations aviation ⓘ strategic bombing in World War II ⓘ
associatedWith	Operation Chastise ⓘ RAF 617 Squadron ⓘ
author	Paul Brickhill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Australia ⓘ
depicts	attacks on German dams ⓘ use of bouncing bombs ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Guy Gibson ⓘ
featuresOrganization	Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ surface form: RAF Bomber Command
focusesOn	execution of the Dambusters raids ⓘ impact of the Dambusters raids ⓘ planning of the Dambusters raids ⓘ
genre	military history ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality	Australian ⓘ
hasSubject	British military history ⓘ engineering challenges of dam attacks ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
inspiredWork	The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ Operation Chastise ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ World War II ⓘ aerial bombing of dams ⓘ
notableFor	detailed account of Operation Chastise ⓘ portrayal of RAF 617 Squadron ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	development of special bombs for dam attacks ⓘ
setting	Europe ⓘ Germany ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
workOf	Paul Brickhill ⓘ
writtenBy	Paul Brickhill ⓘ