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Deflating British Radar Myths of World War II


Image: british_radar_myths.jpg
Full Title: Deflating British Radar Myths of World War II
Author: Clark, Gregory C.
Document Type: Air Command and Staff College Research Paper
Publisher: Air Command and Staff College
Year: 1997
Read Online: DTIC
Subjects: Radar
Remarks: Presents a general background of the development of Radar by the Luftwaffe and RAF, and discusses the "myths" that Watson-Watt was the father and sole inventor of radar, that Germany's development and use of radar occurred after being exposed to the British systems in 1940, and that radar played the pivotal role in the defeat of the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.
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