The Möhne (German pronunciation: [ˈmøːnə]) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ruhr. The Möhne passes the towns...
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additional raids to hamper reconstruction. Lake Möhne is designated as a European bird sanctuary "Möhne Lake" in the EU's Natura 2000 system of protected...
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Operation Chastise (section Attack on the Möhne Dam)
of the bombing of the Möhne dam, called there the "Möhne catastrophe" [de] Details in Germany of Operation Chastise at the Möhne dam memorial entrance...
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failures Möhne Reservoir Ralf Blank (May 2006). "Die Nacht vom 16. auf den 17. Mai 1943 – "Operation Züchtigung": Die Zerstörung der Möhne-Talsperre"...
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grew even worse. During World War II, two of the dams on the Ruhr, the Möhne Dam and the Sorpe Dam were targets for Operation Chastise, in which special...
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The Arnsberg Forest Nature Park lies between the river Möhne in the north, on which the Möhne Reservoir is located, and the deep valley of the Ruhr in...
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Hochsauerland in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Together with the Biggesee, the Möhne Reservoir, and the Verse reservoir, the Sorpe Reservoir is one of the major...
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of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in Nazi Germany with Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb...
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Guy Gibson (section Flight to the Möhne Dam)
problems until they reached the target. They found the defences at the Möhne Dam as described at the briefing. There was an active light flak battery...
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Germany. It is 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) long and is a left tributary of the Möhne in Brilon. The river has a watershed of 23.071 square kilometres (8.908 sq mi)...
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(near Dinslaken) Ruhr (in Duisburg) Volme (near Hagen) Lenne (near Hagen) Möhne (in Neheim-Hüsten) Erft (in Neuss) Wupper/Wipper (in Leverkusen) Sieg (in...
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is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a tributary of the Möhne. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Hydrographic Directory of the...
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Steinbecke may refer to: Steinbecke (Möhne), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, tributary of the Möhne Steinbecke (Valme), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia...
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Force accepted Wallis's bouncing bomb (codenamed Upkeep) for attacks on the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams in the Ruhr area. The raid on these dams in May 1943...
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(also: Kloßsiepen) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Möhne. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia v t e...
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Aa (France) Aabach (Afte), formerly Große Aa, North Rhine-Westphalia Aa (Möhne), North Rhine-Westphalia Aa (Nethe), North Rhine-Westphalia Aa (Werre),...
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--. . .-. ) was the codeword Gibson used to confirm the breach of the Möhne Dam. Nigger's grave is at Royal Air Force station Scampton, Lincolnshire...
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Gibson, who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), and the bombing of the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in Germany to interrupt water and hydro-electric power...
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(Bavaria) Krumme Lanke Kuhgrabensee Mahndorfer See Maschsee Mechower See Möhne Reservoir (Möhnesee) Möserscher See Müggelsee Müritz Norderteich Oder Reservoir...
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Lower Saxony, tributary of the Este Goldbach (Möhne), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, tributary of the Möhne Goldbach (Eder), a river of Hesse, tributary...
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Bremecke is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Möhne. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia v t e...
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rivers through the district are the Ruhr, the Lippe and the Möhne, which is dammed to form the Möhne Reservoir. The highest elevation is in the area of Warstein...
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forested; the lightly forested Haarstrang mountain is to the north. The river Möhne flows between these two areas. The highest elevation is 581 m (1,906 ft)...
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is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Möhne near Brilon. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia v t e...
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greywacke cliffs, Mangaweka, Nthrn.Manawatu, New Zealand Wall of greywacke at Möhne Reservoir dam, Germany Greywacke zone Torlesse Greywacke Flett 1911. "The...
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river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Möhne, which it joins in Rüthen. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia v t...
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Wanne is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Möhne. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia v t e...
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altitudes most of the way to avoid detection. Initial attacks targeted the Mohne Dam until it was breached, then moved on to the Eder Dam, and then the Sorpe...
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Bache/Lottmannshardbach, Heve, Möhne Lütte Bermecke, right tributary of the Bermecke (Heve) Bermecke (Möhne), left tributary of the Möhne This disambiguation page...
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Steinbecke is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Möhne. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia v t e...
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