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	Operation Chastise - Biocrawler
		Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed "bouncing bomb".
		The operation was given to 5 Group which formed a new squadron to undertake the mission.
		The operations room for the mission was at 5 Group headquarters in Grantham.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Dam_Busters (2243 words)

	Operation Chastise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed "bouncing bomb".
		The operation was given to 5 Group which formed a new squadron to undertake the mission.
		The operations room for the mission was at 5 Group headquarters in Grantham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Chastise (2500 words)

	The Dambusters: No
		Chastise cannot compare in sheer size and mayhem with the American raid on Ploesti, but for the British, it is burned far more indelibly into their historical consciousness than Ploesti is for the Americans.
		Chastise was unique in a typically British way, the myth of the daring individual braving all odds to succeed.
		After his performance in Chastise, his VC was a "natural", and his already considerable reputation as a hero was further burnished when, at the investure ceremony, his award was announced first, instead of last, as was the custom for Victoria Cross winners.
	orbat.com /site/history/historical/uk/operationchastise.html (2345 words)

	Operation Chastise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The operation was given to 5 Group whichformed a new squadron to undertake the mission.
		The squadron badge("on a roundel, a wall in fesse, fracted by three flashes of lightening in pile and issuant from the breach, water proper") waschosen and a motto "Après moi le déluge".
		On closer inspection, Operation Chastise did not have the military effect that was at the time believed.
	www.therfcc.org /operation-chastise-18356.html (1568 words)

	SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Bombing Nazi Dams \| PBS
		Spring rains had swelled the water dammed up in Germany's Ruhr valley, and on May 16, 1943, Operation Chastise was about to begin.
		Operation Chastise was so top-secret that Gibson was at first told nothing of the task that lay before him, other than that he needed to train his pilots rigorously in the art of low level flying.
		News of the operation boosted Allied morale at a time when hopes for victory were bleak.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/secrets/case_nazidams/index.html (807 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dambuster Raids (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Original German plan Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which commenced on June 22, 1941.
		The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allies.
		An important reason for planning the raid was to persuade Stalin that Britain was capable of being an effective ally and that as a consequence, the Soviet Union should continue to resist the German invasion of its territory.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dambuster-Raids (3863 words)

	Operation Chastise Information
		The codes (transmitted in morse) for the mission were agreed on as Goner for bomb dropped, Nigger for the Möhne breached and Dinghy for the Eder breached.
		The outbound flights were flown at treetop level (between 75 and 120 feet) to avoid detection by the German air defence radar.
		The PC game Call of Duty features a mission in the British campaign where players must suppress the Eder Dam's AA defenses and destroy the dam's generators in order to clear the way for the bombers to make their raid on the dam.
	www.bookrags.com /Operation_Chastise (2319 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Operation Chastise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces.
		Operation Chastise - definition of Operation Chastise in Encyclopedia
		The codes (transmitted in morse) for the mission were agreed on as Goner for bomb dropped, Nigger for the Moehne breached and Dinghy for the Eder breached.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Chastise (414 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sanctifying Grace
		This decree was well-founded, for the nature and operation of justification are determined by the infusion of sanctifying grace.
		The sanctity of the soul, as its first formal operation, is contained in the idea itself of sanctifying grace, inasmuch as the infusion of it makes the subject holy and inaugurates the state or condition of sanctity.
		This first operation is thrown into relief by the fact that the "new man", created injustice and holiness (Ephesians 4:24), was preceded by the "old man" of sin, and that grace changed the sinner into a saint (Trent, Sess.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06701a.htm (7683 words)

	Operation Chastise - InformationBlast
		The squadron badge ("on a roundel, a wall in fesse, fracted by three flashes of lightening in pile and issuant from the breach, water proper") was chosen and a motto "Après moi le déluge".
		On closer inspection, Operation Chastise did not have the military impact that was at the time believed.
		In a previous version of this article, the codename of the operation was wrongly given as Operation Downwood.
	www.informationblast.com /Operation_Chastise.html (1733 words)

	Operation chastise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/operation_chastise (168 words)

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		Operation Chastise will be flown on the 56th Anniversary of the original Dambusters Raid, using iMagic Online's WarBirds to recreate the raid.
		The raid is being organised by -tomb-, XO of WarBirds RAF 617 Sqdn.
		Operation Chastise promises to be a unique experience combining the recreation of the famous Dambusters raid, with fine testing of the skills of those who participate.
	www.kfs.org /oliver/dambusters/chastise/chastise.obj-operation.html (228 words)

	617 Squadron
		For weeks, not even Gibson was told of the unit's task, only that low-level flying over water was essential, and training was undertaken in around the dams and reservoirs of Derbyshire.
		Chastise called for the breaching of three enormous dams in the Ruhr - the heart of German industrial production - by dropping a specially designed mine at exactly 60 feet (18.29m) and a speed 220 mph (354 km/h).
		The Squadron received Lincolns in September 1946 and Canberras six years later with which the Squadron took part in Operation Firedog in Malaya before disbanding on 15 December 1955.
	website.lineone.net /~tom.sunley/617.html (356 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Operation Chastise
		However the program over Wallis and how he viewed the whole developement was new to me. Most impressive was his emotions after the operation and that he would never do something to endanger the lives of men again.
		What is interesting is that one doesn't come a cross a soft heart that often in the bitter reality of the second world war.
		Huge headlines hailed the "perfect bombing," calling the operation a "decisive blow." Reports described the "two mighty walls of water" which had devastated the areas surrounding the dams.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4066 (351 words)

	The Gisborne Herald Online
		In 1942 he went to England for further training and while he was with the operational training unit at North Luffenham he flew on his first bombing raid to Europe.
		In March 1943, volunteers were called for a special squadron for a particular operation.
		The squadron later learned that their operation was a success.
	www.gisborneherald.co.nz /article.asp?aid=5208&iid=429&sud=27 (520 words)

	The Dambusters: Inhoud / 617 Squadron
		The squadron was formed at RAF Scampton during World War II on the March 15, 1943 with the purpose of attacking three major dams on the Ruhr in Germany: the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe.
		The plan was given the codename Operation Chastise and was carried out on 17 May 1943.
		The task was given to No. 9 and No.617 Squadrons who operating from a base in Russia attacked Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs which damaged her so extensively that she was forced to head south to Tromsø fjord to be repaired.
	dambusters.be /web/content.php?content.79 (468 words)

	Chastise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Operation chastise: The dams raid : epic or myth
		Translation of chastise - BrainyTranslationTranslation of chastise, chastise chastise in French is châtient, châtiez, châtions chastise in German is züchtige, strafen, züchtigen chastise in...
		Women Chastise UA by Kristen Snowberger News Reporter snowberger@buchtelite.com One award you won't see adorning a wall in Buchtel Hall is the "Chauvinist of...
	www.bigletterlist.net /w/c/Chastise.htm (382 words)

	Dambusters
		That operation "Chastise" has since become a legend in the annals of military history and it possess all the traditionally admired military attributes of originality, surprise and heroism coupled with a very dramatic outcome.
		Operation Chastise has in many ways overshadowed the later exploits of the men who formed the squadron.
		Over the last few years some people have questioned the actions of Bomber Command and the actions taken to destroy the industrial and domestic centres of Germany during the Second World War.
	www.dambusters.org.uk (349 words)

	BBC - Legacies - Myths and Legends - England - Lincolnshire - Home of the Dambusters - Article Page 4
		Had Operation Chastise been executed the previous year the damage would have been considerably longer lasting and a greater hindrance to the German war effort.
		Thus, on closer inspection Operation Chastise was not the phenomenal military success the legend would have us believe.
		That is not to say that Chastise was without success; it provided a huge boost to the civilian and military morale of Britain and her Allies.
	www.bbc.co.uk /legacies/myths_legends/england/lincolnshire/article_4.shtml (250 words)

	Forming a Squadron
		Now that plans to implement Chastise were in place, a squadron would be needed to fly the mission.
		Guy Penrose Gibson of 106 squadron was chosen to form and lead this new squadron because of his formidable operational record and reputation for seeing through a task due to his leadership skills and strict discipline.
		The majority of the squadron had no decorations at all and instead of having flown two tours, some were only one third of the way through their first tour.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /julie.bell102/forming617.html (373 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History Section
		The night of 16/17 May 1943 marked a very significant event in the history of the Royal Air Force and that, especially, of Bomber Command.
		It was during this night that specially modified Lancasters of No 617 Squadron (itself specially formed a few months earlier specifically for this one operation) departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to carry out this most spectacular of opwerations.
		To mark the 60th Anniversary of this raid, we have published a number of documents from 1943.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/chastise1.html (158 words)

	WTVI42 - Features - Secrets of the Dead: Bombing Nazi Dams (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Taking off from an air base in England, nineteen Lancaster bombers manned by 133 airmen from Squadron 617 of the Royal Air Force were on a mission to destroy several of the Nazi's major hydroelectric dams.
		Operation Chastise was so top-secret that Gibson was at first told nothing of the task that lay before him, other than that he needed to train his pilots rigorously in the art of low level flying.
		News of the operation boosted Allied morale at a time when hopes for victory were bleak.
	www.wtvi.org /homedetail.asp?ID=1668 (782 words)

	Operation Mincemeat - Military Images Photos Pictures Forums
		Operation Mincemeat was an Ingenious British deception operation during World War II to make the German High Command believe that the Allies would invade the Balkans in mid-1943 instead of Sicily, the real objective.
		The operation called for making the Germans believe that they had, by accident, intercepted highly confidential documents that foretold Allied war plans.
		As you say, it was a complete success, and a lot of Axis troops were withdrawn from their positions in Southern Italy and Sicily as a result of the subtrefuge.
	www.militaryimages.net /forums/showthread.php?t=42 (596 words)

	Operation Chastise
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	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Operation_Chastise (3885 words)

	wwii (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spectacular and lavish reference work to the a/c which reached operational units with UK forces, from trainers and civilian impressed a/c to the famous fighters and bombers of front-line units.
		WW.117 Searby J. The author examines two operations; one which took place early in the war, and one when the battle was at its height.
		Operation 'Chastise' was one of the most daring and brilliant air attacks of WW2.
	www.dunholme.demon.co.uk /wwii.htm (4011 words)

	ZenithPress.com - Aviation > History
		An exciting, highly illustrated, book detailing the experiences of the British air crew as they carried out secret operations including a trip to the North Pole, and their later exploits, all careful...
		Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid, as it became known - undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943, was the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War.
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	The Dam Busters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Chastise, a 617 Squadron's attack on German dams in World War II,
		The Dam Busters (film), a 1954 film about the operation,
		Dambusters (film remake), remake of the 1954 film to be produced by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dambusters (150 words)

	Operation Chastise
		Operation Chastise was the code name given by the British to the 'Dam Busters' raid, by 617 Squadron, which breached the Mohne and Eder dams on the night of 16 / 17 May 1943.
		We are also considering using a very small number of Mosquito intruders, as well as a diversionary raid and having a German nightfighter controller (radar operator).
		To register, send your e-mail to the Chastise crew at chastise@hotmail.com, stating your callsign, preferred position, any alternative positions you would accept, and including your real e-mail address.
	www.geocities.com /topcat249raf (623 words)

	BBC - Legacies - Myths and Legends - England - Lincolnshire - Home of the Dambusters - Article Page 1
		Operation Chastise became one of the most famous bombing campaigns of World War II.
		The intelligence behind the operation was simple: the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams were vital to Germany’s war effort, their destruction would disrupt the water and electricity supplies to the Ruhr, Germany’s industrial heartland.
		The Mohne and Eder dams were breached and the Sorpe dam was damaged by the successful operation.
	www.bbc.co.uk /legacies/myths_legends/england/lincolnshire/article_1.shtml (362 words)

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