<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Chastise">Operation Chastise</a> is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Avro Lancaster">Avro Lancasters</a> to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley.<sup about="#mwt101" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_16#cite_note-17" id="mw_A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_Q">[17]</span></a></sup>
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