BBCNEWS HARDtalk January 2, 2018
Im stephen sackur. We are slowly and inevitably losing the generation of men who fought in and survived the last world war. Monuments to their courage and loss are dotted all around the world with many dedicated to the 55,000 young men who lost their lives serving in britains Bomber Command. Like this one in Central London dedicated to the 55,000 young men. My guest today is 96 year old George Johnny johnson, the last remaining british survivor of one of the most extraordinary and most famous Aerial Missions of world war ii, the dambusters raid. It was costly and not entirely successful so why...