Sorpe Dam
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The Sorpe Dam is a dam on the Sorpe river, near the small town of Sundern in the district of Hochsauerland in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Aerial photograph of Sorpesee; the Sorpe dam is in the very background
View of the dam from one of the campsites on the West bank
View of the dam from the West bank
Operation Chastise
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Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, usi
Sorpe Dam
…material to the Sorpe dam, where smaller light railways took over. In World War II, the Sorpe Dam was among the targets of the British airstrikes of Operation Chastise in the night from 16 to 17 May 1943, as were the dams on the Eder and Möhne. In these attacks, the Royal Air Force attempted to destroy the dams using…
The Möhne Dam the day following the attacks
1:50 scale model of the Möhne Dam, Building Research Establishment 51°42′06″N 0°22′28″W / 51.701764°N 0.374486°W / 51.701764; -0.374486
Remains of the Nant-y-Gro dam breached in July 1942 during testing
Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing the Dambuster Raid in May 1943