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The Chastise: The Dambusters by Max Hastings

The Chastise: The Dambusters: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chastise: The Dambusters runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Chastise: The Dambusters at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Chastise: The Dambusters is an audiobook by Max Hastings: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released September 5, 2019, on the Military (History) and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Noble
Released
September 5, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History), Europe, World
ISBN
9780008280550

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Chastise: The Dambusters as an audiobook?

The Chastise: The Dambusters runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is The Chastise: The Dambusters free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Chastise: The Dambusters?

The Chastise: The Dambusters is narrated by Peter Noble.

Is The Chastise: The Dambusters worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.