SOURCE A
An extract from “The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid” explaining the importance of the Möhne dam for war production in the 1900s.
• The Möhne dam was important to Germany as it secured water supplies and prevented flooding.
• Its mass of water was used to generate hydropower electricity, providing for the needs of the surrounding German public.
• By Britain creating bombing techniques to cause destruction to this water source, it would have a significant setback on German war production.
This source will provide useful information to me of the importance of the Möhne dam in particular, along with the Eder and Sorpe dams, to contribute to war production in German. The effects of the Dambusters Raid/ Operation Chastice on these …show more content…
James Holland, a British Historian author and broadcaster, graduated with a degree in History in 1992 and is known for his accurate writings of events in history. This adds to the validity of the source as it comes from a historian, who without bias, describes the events of the Dambusters raid in accurate, substantial detail. This source and book will be useful to me as it gives reference to location, time and technique recorded throughout the raid and provides a detailed analysis of the event and associated parties within in. The book also provides diagrams of the bombs, planes and mapped out plans of the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams – which will be useful to my essay plan in order to describe the difficulties that were faced in terms of obstacles in the location and the actual engineering of the new weapon, the bouncing bomb. Limitations occur as the source focuses mainly on describing the event in detail and what exactly happened on the day, it focuses less on the results that Germany faced and whether the raid was successful or not, information which is important to my question as I need information on the after effects that the event have war production in Germany under …show more content…
This shows the reliability of his book, Dambusters: Operation Chastise 1943, as he is equipped with great expertise in the Air Force field and has plenty of experience as an author with aviation magazines. As an American writer the source shows less bias as his country was not directly involved in the attack and is therefore creating a factual novel on the story of the attack from an outside perspective. The book limits me as it contains information of the initial strategy and weapons development, the planning and practice of the raid, and less substantial information on the results on the raid directly on German war production. However, it will be useful in my essay as it shows the everlasting effect that it had in history and Hitler’s reaction towards the raid. Linking to my topic question as it will proceed with more information as to the necessary acts that Hitler needed to follow through with in order to save his war
An extract from “The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid” explaining the importance of the Möhne dam for war production in the 1900s.
• The Möhne dam was important to Germany as it secured water supplies and prevented flooding.
• Its mass of water was used to generate hydropower electricity, providing for the needs of the surrounding German public.
• By Britain creating bombing techniques to cause destruction to this water source, it would have a significant setback on German war production.
This source will provide useful information to me of the importance of the Möhne dam in particular, along with the Eder and Sorpe dams, to contribute to war production in German. The effects of the Dambusters Raid/ Operation Chastice on these …show more content…
James Holland, a British Historian author and broadcaster, graduated with a degree in History in 1992 and is known for his accurate writings of events in history. This adds to the validity of the source as it comes from a historian, who without bias, describes the events of the Dambusters raid in accurate, substantial detail. This source and book will be useful to me as it gives reference to location, time and technique recorded throughout the raid and provides a detailed analysis of the event and associated parties within in. The book also provides diagrams of the bombs, planes and mapped out plans of the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams – which will be useful to my essay plan in order to describe the difficulties that were faced in terms of obstacles in the location and the actual engineering of the new weapon, the bouncing bomb. Limitations occur as the source focuses mainly on describing the event in detail and what exactly happened on the day, it focuses less on the results that Germany faced and whether the raid was successful or not, information which is important to my question as I need information on the after effects that the event have war production in Germany under …show more content…
This shows the reliability of his book, Dambusters: Operation Chastise 1943, as he is equipped with great expertise in the Air Force field and has plenty of experience as an author with aviation magazines. As an American writer the source shows less bias as his country was not directly involved in the attack and is therefore creating a factual novel on the story of the attack from an outside perspective. The book limits me as it contains information of the initial strategy and weapons development, the planning and practice of the raid, and less substantial information on the results on the raid directly on German war production. However, it will be useful in my essay as it shows the everlasting effect that it had in history and Hitler’s reaction towards the raid. Linking to my topic question as it will proceed with more information as to the necessary acts that Hitler needed to follow through with in order to save his war