Chastise

Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany by the RAF’s 617 Squadron, was an epic that has passed into Britain’s legend. Max Hastings vividly describes the evolution of Wallis’ bomb, and of the squadron which broke the dams at the cost of devastating losses. But he also portrays in harrowing detail those swept away by the torrents, in one of the most extraordinary episodes in British history.