Blind Bombing : How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II /

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Late in 1939 Nazi Germany was poised to overrun Europe and extend Adolf Hitler's fascist control. At the same time, however, two British physicists invented the resonant cavity magnetron. About the size of a hockey puck, it unlocked the enormous potential of radar exclusively for the Allies. Si...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fine, Norman, 1934- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln (Neb.) : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Radar.
Military campaigns.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Radar > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Radar.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy > Miscellanea.
Radar > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Radar.
France > Normandy.
History.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; List of Abbreviations and Terms; Prologue: Scientists and Warriors; Part 1; 1. The Death Ray; 2. Europe in Turmoil, America in Denial; 3. "A Four-Star General in Civilian Clothes"; 4. The Tizard Mission; 5. MIT Radiation Lab, Shanghaiing the Physicists; Part 2; 6. Airborne Radar and the U-Boats; 7. From Defense to Offense; Part 3; 8. The Case for Blind Bombing; 9. Relentlessly, despite the Weather; Part 4; 10. Getting to D-Day; 11. Deep Penetration Bombing Losses; 12. Scarcely a German Plane in the Sky.
  • EpilogueAcknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Norman Fine; Illustrations.

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