On This Day, 65 years ago..

i went to the imperial war museum at the weekend, could have spent all day there it was incredible. this kind of stuff should never be forgotten.
 
Makes me proud.




On a very big sidenote and possible derail.:p

Following on from the student thread. The student union building for the old UMIST university (now the Manchester north campus union) is called the Barnes Wallis building named after a great british inventor, a good name if you ask me.

However the student union in the south campus (the main Union) is called the Steve Biko building. Now I'm not disrespecting anything that he did, but this is a prime example of students being righteous ***** and the SU voting for a name that has nothing to do with England... and I cant buy a peanut butter kitkat in there... *****:p
 
Most people seem to have just seen the movie and think of it as some huge military victory. It really didn't do much from a strategic standpoint at all.
 
Gerard said:
Most people seem to have just seen the movie and think of it as some huge military victory. It really didn't do much from a strategic standpoint at all.
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You might be right, but I am aware of the history and still think that what took place was impressive. Firstly, the loss of life is very sad and because it didn't have a huge effect on the actual war, you could say in hindsight that it was a waste of time and lives. From my point of view, that actual engineering side of creating the bomb, and the skill in flying so low at night time along with the skill of the bomb aimer being able to release the bomb and (some of them) hitting the target whilst the flak was firing at them is incredibly impressive. Again, the loss of life (both aircrew and civilian) is very, very sad but in my opinion there is still an impressive side to the mission. :)
 
molinari said:
You might be right, but I am aware of the history and still think that what took place was impressive. Firstly, the loss of life is very sad and because it didn't have a huge effect on the actual war, you could say in hindsight that it was a waste of time and lives. From my point of view, that actual engineering side of creating the bomb, and the skill in flying so low at night time along with the skill of the bomb aimer being able to release the bomb and (some of them) hitting the target whilst the flak was firing at them is incredibly impressive. Again, the loss of life (both aircrew and civilian) is very, very sad but in my opinion there is still an impressive side to the mission. :)
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I agree with everything you say here. :)

My maternal grandfather was proud of the dambusters; primarily for the engineering brilliance behind the campaign, but also for its damage to German infrastructure (albeit limited). It is something we never truly saw eye to eye on.

He was a proper old school Pom.
 
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