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Radar in World War II greatly influenced many important aspects of the conflict. [1] ... By the time of the Battle of Britain in mid-1940, the Royal Air Force ...
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, lit. 'air battle for England') was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
Brown, Louis., A Radar History of World War II, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 1999., ISBN 0-7503-0659-9; Latham, Colin & Stobbs, Anne., Radar A Wartime Miracle, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud 1996 ISBN 0-7509-1643-5 A history of radar in the UK during World War II told by the men and women who worked on it. Latham, Colin & Stobbs ...
The Lorenz beam and its two lobes. The "equisignal" area in the centre grows narrower, and more accurate, as the aircraft approaches the runway. Before the start of the war on 1 September 1939, Lufthansa and the German aircraft industry invested heavily in the development of commercial aviation, and in systems and methods that would improve safety and reliability.
Britain made significant scientific advances in military technology, weapons and their components before World War II began in September 1939. [2] [3] [4] After the Fall of France in June 1940, which saw Germany overrun most of the countries of Western Europe, Germany's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, Operation Sea Lion, was preceded by its effort to establish air superiority in the ...
The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943. Plotters were employed on an early form of air traffic monitoring that played a vital role in World War II, including during the Battle of Britain, The Blitz and the bombing of British cities that followed.
Chain Home radar – British land-based early warning radar used during the Battle of Britain - from TRE. Düppel – German radar countermeasure called chaff in the US or Window in Britain. Darky – British backup homing system: the pilot could be talked back to his home base by HF voice radio on 6440 kHz / 6.440 MHz [7]
During the Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command into four Groups, each comprising several airfields and squadrons. [ 1 ] The groups involved, 10, 11, 12 and 13, saw very different levels of activity during the battle.