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Preview: Season 39 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Experts recreate the bold feat of "dambuster" pilots who used bouncing bombs.

In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigantic dams in Germany's industrial heartland and cutting the water supply to arms factories. Their secret weapon? A revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis.

Aired 01/10/2012 | Rating NR

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Preview: Season 39 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Aired 01/10/2012 | Rating NR

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