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|November 28, 2020
Dan Snow salutes World War Two’s famous Dambusters
The Dambusters
Tue-Thu, Channel 5 HD, 9pm
You might think you know all about the famous World War Two Dambusters raid, which was immortalised in the epic 1955 film The Dam Busters.
But in Channel 5’s The Dambusters, showing over three nights this week, Dan Snow gives an extraordinarily detailed insight into the audacious 1943 mission and the brave men of 617 Squadron who carried it out.
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