Книга: Holland, James «Dam Busters»

Dam Busters

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9, 000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich`s war machine. From the outset it was an almost impossible task, a suicide mission: to fly low and at night in formationover many miles of enemy-occupied territory at the very limit of the Lancasters` capacity, and drop a new weapon that had never been tried operationally before from a precise height of just sixty feet from the water at some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany. More than that, the entire operation had to be put together in less than ten weeks. When visionary aviation engineer Barnes Wallis`s concept of the bouncing bomb was green lighted, he hadn`t even drawn up his plans for the weapon that was to smash the dams. What followed was... ISBN:9780552163415

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2014)

ISBN: 9780552163415

Holland

Holland Hol"land, n. A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands. [1913 Webster]

Источник: Holland

James

James James prop. n. 1. William James, an American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). He was the brother of Henry James.

Syn: William James. [WordNet 1.5]

2. Henry James, an American novelist and critic, born 1843, died 1916. He was the brother of William James.

Syn: Henry James. [WordNet 1.5]

3. Saint James the Apostle, a disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of The Epistle of James in the New Testament.

Syn: Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle. [WordNet 1.5]

4. The James River, a tributary of the Missouri River.

Syn: James River. [WordNet 1.5]

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