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Timewatch Season 30 · Episode 2

The Most Courageous Raid of World War II

1st November 2011 1 hour Season 30 Episode 2

Lord Ashdown tells the story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who took part in one of the most audacious commando raids of World War II - to blow up enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour.

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Season 30 · Episode 3

Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams

James Holland presents an analysis of the 1943 mission to destroy German dams with a brand-new weapon - the bouncing bomb. Extraordinarily, the raid almost never happened.
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