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Wallis can stand for:
- One of a number of places:
- The German name for the Valais canton of Switzerland
- Wallis Island, an island in the French territory Wallis and Futuna
- Wallis, Texas
- One of several people:
- Alfred Wallis (1855 - 1942), a British artist
- Barnes Wallis (1887 - 1979), a British scientist
- D.J. Wallis, an American bodybuilder
- Diana Wallis, a British politician
- E. A. Wallis Budge (1857 - 1954), an Egyptologist
- Gary Wallis, percussionist for rock group Pink Floyd
- Hal B. Wallis (1898 - 1986), an American motion picture producer
- Henry Wallis (1830 - 1916), a British painter
- Jim Wallis, an American evangelist
- Jimmy Wallis, a British athlete
- John Wallis (1616 - 1703), an British mathematician
- Jon Wallis, a British athelete
- Ken Wallis, a British pilot
- Larry Wallis, a British rock musician
- Provo Wallis (1791 - 1892), a British Naval officer
- Ruth Wallis, an American singer
- Samuel Wallis (1720 – 1795), an English navigator, for whom Wallis Island is named
- Shani Wallis, a British actress and singer
- W. Allen Wallis (1912 - 1998), an American economist and statistician
- Wallis Bird, an Irish singer
- Wallis Mathias (1935 - 1994), a Pakistani athelete
- Wallis Simpson (1896 - 1986), who became Duchess of Windsor
Dam Busters, The :: D
History :: Aeronautics
United Kingdom :: Air Forces
Barnes Wallis - Biography, with emphasis on his family and personal life.
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Barnes Wallis - Biography, recollections from people who knew him, and details of the bombing of the Great Dams of the Ruhr valley.
Sir Barnes Wallis - Biography, with extensive section on the 'bouncing bombs'.
The Dambusters - The bombing of the Ruhr dams with Barnes Wallis's bouncing bombs.
Meta Description: [ The Dambusters have been immortalised in World War Two folklore as a result of their attack on the dams of the Ruhr. As part of the Allies bombing campaign against Germany during the war, the Dambusters wa an elite Lancaster bomber unit and the raid was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC. How m... ]
The Night the Dams Burst - Three part history of the RAF's brilliant attack on the Ruhr Dams in May 1943. By David Irving.
Meta Description: [ David Irving's SPECIAL THREE-PART HISTORY of the RAF's brilliant attack on the Ruhr Dams in May 1943, immortalised by the film The Dambusters. ]
