"Before Bruneval – Chasing Radar in Libya" Topic
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| Tango01 | 14 Oct 2020 9:50 p.m. PST |
"28 February 1942 was the day of Operation BITING, the Bruneval raid (see this link), in which a combined operation managed to obtain German radar equipment from a Würzburg site, which led to substantial advances in the understanding of the German state of this technology on the British side, and helped the conduct of the bomber offensive on the 3rd Reich. Prior to the successful raid at Bruneval, it is possible that there was an attempt to benefit from the chaos of the Axis retreat in Cyrenaica in the second half of December 1941, to lay hands on German radar equipment. Through ULTRA intercepts, the Empire commanders had become aware that German radar was being employed in North Africa, to support fighter control against Royal Air Force raids against German and Italian airfields and logistics installations in the rear of the battlefield. Two intercepts from early December clearly indicated the likely presence of Germany FREYA and WÜRZBURG radar system in North Africa. In late 1941, these were the most advanced German radar installations, and North Africa was the only place where Empire forces were in ground contact with the Germans…" link Main page
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| AndreasB | 15 Oct 2020 2:03 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4  | 15 Oct 2020 9:13 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 15 Oct 2020 12:14 p.m. PST |
A votre service mes amis! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| SgtGuinness | 17 Oct 2020 1:23 p.m. PST |
Awesome find, very interesting and cool blog / website. |
| Tango01 | 17 Oct 2020 9:08 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend! (smile) Amicalement
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