Möhne Dam in Germany after the RAF Dambuster Raid, 18 May 1943 (British Government photo)
75 Years Ago—May 16, 1943: RAF’s Dambuster Raid: 19 modified Lancaster bombers destroy the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany’s Ruhr Valley with “bouncing bombs,” causing severe flooding.
Germans crush Jewish ghetto uprising in Warsaw; 13,000 killed in uprising, 50,000 captured.
