Blind bombing : how microwave radar brought the Allies to D-Day and victory in World War II / Norman Fine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fine, Norman, 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Radar.

World War, 1939-1945.

Radar.

Radar--History--20th century.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Miscellanea.

Military campaigns.

History.

France--Normandy.

Genre:

History.

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

xvi, 230 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

How microwave radar brought the Allies to D-Day and victory in World War II

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Blind Bombing" explores the influence of microwave radar on World War II and tells the stories of those who worked on the secret invention from the laboratories to combat. Without microwave radar the outcome of D-Day would have been vastly different." --Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: scientists and warriors

Part 1. Science and politics

The death ray: 1930s

Europe in turmoil, America in denial: 1940

"A four-star general in civilian clothes": 1939-40

The Tizard Mission: 1940

MIT Radiation Lab, shanghaiing the physicists: 1940-41

Part 2. The U-boat

Airborne radar and the U-boats: 1935-41

From defense to offense: 1941-43

Part 3. The weather

The case for blind bombing: 1942-43

Relentlessly, despite the weather: 1943

Part 4. Setting the stage for D-Day

Getting to D-Day: 1943-44

Deep penetration bombing losses: 1943

Scarcely a German plane in the sky: June 6, 1944

Epilogue: Never a tail-end Charlie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781640122208

1640122206

OCLC:

1089840094