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February 7th, 2016 
Awake Goy One of the most successful instances of victor’s spin relates to the dam-busters raid of May 16/17, 1943. The allegedly daring incursion brought international acclaim to Royal Air Force (RAF) Wing Commander Guy Gibson and pilots of RAF 617 Squadron. These British and Canadian airmen were carefully selected to carry out a daring and innovative bombing raid on five major dams situated in the Workers Reich. These weirs were considered ‘essential to Germany’s defence capability.’
By delivering a ground-breaking ‘water skipping barrel bomb’, two of the targeted dams, the Moehne and the Eder dams, were breached to their foundations. As BBC news of the supposedly successful attack broke over the airwaves their joy was orgasmic.
‘Floods roar down the Ruhr Valley’, shrieked the Daily Express headlines. The Daily Mirror, a notorious red-top tabloid, milked the story for all of its worth. ‘Hundreds of square miles of devastation have spread through the Ruhr, Germany’s most densely populated industrial area, by the RAF’s staggering attack on the Moehne and Eder dams’. There was orgiastic delight at news that 10,000 Germans had died.
Following this RAF attack Wing Commander Guy Gibson became an overnight hero. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. It was later arranged for the Wing Commander to be rewarded with a triumphant tour of the United States.
The novel, The Dam Busters by author Paul Brickhill became Britain’s biggest selling WW2 war book. Millions of cinema enthusiasts have since been mesmerised by the movie of the same title. The book and movie, documentaries and articles have since harvested millions of pounds, dollars and shekels. Mission accomplished.
In 1972, after examining newly released Second World War documents, author journalist Bruce Page reveals;
The truth about the raid was that it was a conjuring trick, virtually devoid of any military significance, the ‘skipping bomb’ just a gimmick. The real story of the raid was of sloppy planning, narrow-minded enthusiasm, and misdirected courage.
He added,
Apart from the aircrews, the only people to emerge from the story with real credit are a handful of people in the Ministry of Economic Warfare who tried to calculate in advance whether the raid would damage the German war economy. They calculated accurately that it would not but they were ignored.
The only dam whose damage would have potentially hit the German war effort was the Sorpe Dam. Yet, only a token force had dealt with it and damage was minimal. Certainly the breaching of the Moehne and Eder dams caused flooding, but this primarily effected agricultural land. This was the one asset the Workers Reich had in abundance.
Contrary to allied propaganda, the raid did not adversely affect hydro-electricity production. The Moehne Dam had negligible electrical capacity and the Eder had none.
The actual loss of life was not the 10,000 Germans whose cruel deaths had given Daily Mirror journalists orgasms. The true figure was 1,300 lifeless. These were working class civilians, mostly refugees. Indeed, the greatest loss of life was suffered by non-Germans. These unfortunates were mostly displaced Ukrainian civilians, women and children. These refugees, fleeing from the Red Army’s invasion and genocide occupation of Ukraine, were housed in camps downstream of the Moehne Dam.
RAF casualties resulting from the over-hyped attack were high. Only 50% of the RAF airmen returned from the luckless attack on the Ruhr Dams. Fifty-three died a number of who were Canadians. Guy Gibson was to later die in action. The official who commented on the raid used the term ‘disappointing’.
Source Article from http://renegadetribune.com/the-dam-busters-epic-fail/
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