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Many things helped the Allies win World War II, but none was more important than radar. Radar’s decisive role in 1940 is widely known—the tall towers of the Chain Home stations stand beside the hurricanes and Spitfires, beside Churchill, Dowding, and the men and women of Fighter Command as enduring symbols of Britain’s "finest hour." Yet the Battle of Britain was just one episode of the story. Already by 1940 the system had a long history: five years in the building, the Chain Home layout was shaped by strategic thinking extending back to World War I. Victory in 1940 secured radar’s future in every domestic campaign over the next five years. By 1941, radar stations were controlling night fighters in the Blitz. A year later they were scanning the sea approaches, sentinels against Hitler’s navy and invasion fleets. By 1943, radar was preparing to meet the V-weapons—a threat barely conceived when research began, just eight years before. Diversity fostered growth. With numerous maps and structural studies, the book presents the history of British ground radar through its fabric and evolving geography, showing how the system was shaped by the march of war and as it grew, provided a new focus for the talents of engineers, designers, and builders.
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Colin Dobinson is a freelance historian who studied archaeology at the universities of York and Cambridge. He is the author of AA Command and Fields of Deception.
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Building Radar: Forging Britain's Early-warning Chain,1939-45 [Hardcover] Dobinson, Colin
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Building Radar : Forging Britain's Early-Warning Chain,1939-1945
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Methuen, 2010
ISBN 10: 0413772292
ISBN 13: 9780413772299
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Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG-. 1st. The best general account of the development and construction of the ground based Radar network in the UK before and during WW2. 665pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in dust wrapper - a few small scratches and scuffs. Rare. Codice articolo 027389
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Building Radar: Forging Britain's Early-Warning Chain,1939-1945
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hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is clean and wrapped in protective mylar cover. Bound with black cloth over boards and silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight, covers are square. 665 pages. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright. 64 figures and 53 plates in black and white, printed throughout. Overall a very good copy. This is an oversized book, so extra shipping will be necessary for priority or international shipping. We ship every day from a real neighborhood bookstore. This description is written by an actual person, who is holding the book in front of them to make sure it?s properly described. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. Codice articolo F-12791
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