The Battle Of The Beams Av Tom Whipple

<p><b>''Chock full of memorable characters and</b><b>written</b><b>with all the drama and pace of a Robert Harris thriller'' Rowland White, author of <i>Harrier 809</i></b><br><br>The radio war of 1939-45 is one of the great scientific battles in history. <br>This is the story of that war.<br><br>Relying on first-hand accounts as well as papers recently released by the Admiralty, <i>The Battle of the Beams</i> fills a huge missing piece in the canon of WW2 literature.<br><br>It combines history, science, derring do and dogged determination and will appeal as much to fans of WW2 history as to those fascinated by the science behind the beams that changed our lives.<br><br>The British believed that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too.<br><br>They believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have no need of navigational aids. Flying above the clouds they, like the seafarers of old,

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