The reservoir was similar in shape to that of the Eder Dam in Germany which was attacked after the Möhne Dam had been breached.
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Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the leader of the raid, referred to it as "Colchester Lake" in his auto-biography Enemy Coast Ahead.
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