 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - MuHondo Yenyika II, Sorpe Dam yaive pakati pezvinangwa zveBritish airstrikes ye Operation Chastisemuhusiku hwokubva pana 16 kusvika pana 17 May, 1943, sezvakanga zvakaita madhamu paEder naMöhne. Pakurwiswa uku, Royal Air Force yakaedza kuparadza madhamu ichishandisa mabhomba anobhururuka, ichiwana kamwe chete kwakarova dhamu reSorpe. Maererano neBBC Dambusters Declassified bhomba rakashandiswa paSorpe rakanga risingafaniri kutenderera sezvo rakadonhedzwa padziva panzvimbo pemvura uye rakanga risingadi kudzoserwa. Zvisinei, nepo madhamu ekare-kare eEder neMöhne akaputswa zvinobudirira, zvichikonzera mafashamo makuru omupata weRuhr, dhamu reSorpe rine simende rakafukidzwa nevhu rakaramba kurwiswa nekukuvara kuduku chete. Varongi veOperation vakanga vafungidzira kuti zvaizotora mabhomba mashanu anobhururuka akaiswa nenzira yakarurama kunetesa dhamu zvakakwana nokuda kwokumanikidzwa kwemvura kupedza kuputsika. Kurwisa kwacho kwaifanirawo kuitwa kunofambirana nomutsetse wedhamu pane kuti kuve kwakatwasuka. Kurwisa kwechipiri kwendege kweBritain musi waOctober 15, 1944 nemabhomba eTallboy ematani mashanu kwakakundikanawo, kuchisiya shure bedzi mirwi mikuru inoverengeka uye kuchikonzera kudururwa kuduku. 