{"product_id":"world-war-ii-radars-von-undefined","title":"World War II radars","description":"\u003cp\u003eSource: Wikipedia. Pages: 59. Chapters: Radar in World War II, Chain Home, German night fighter direction vessel Togo, SCR-270 radar, List of World War II British naval radar, H2S radar, SCR-584 radar, List of Japanese World War II radar, Camp Evans, Würzburg radar, SCR-268 radar, Chain Home Low, Lichtenstein radar, Jagdschloss radar, SHORAN, AN\/MPN, Automatic Gun-Laying Turret, Acoustic location, Metox, Air Ministry Experimental Station, Opana Radar Site, H2X radar, Seetakt radar, CXAM radar, Decca Radar, P-3 radar, Freya radar, AN\/APQ-13, McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, SCR-658 radar, SJ radar, K-35 trailer, Fishpond, K-34 trailer, K-72 trailer, SCR-784, Monica tail warning radar. Excerpt: Both the Allies and Axis powers used radar in World War II, and many important aspects of this conflict were greatly influenced by this revolutionarily new technology. The basic technology of radio-based detection and tracking evolved independently and with great secrecy in a number of nations during the second half of the 1930s. At the start of the war in Europe in September 1939, both Great Britain and Germany had begun the deployment of these systems. In Great Britain this technology was called RDF, standing for Range and Direction Finding, while in Germany the name Funkmessgerät (radio measuring device) was often used. By the time of the Battle of Britain in mid-1940, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had incorporated RDF stations as vital elements in Britain¿s air-defense capabilities. The German Funkmessgerät, could not assist in Germany¿s offensive capability and was thus not supported by Adolf Hitler. Also, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) did not sufficiently appreciate the importance of RDF stations in air defense, contributing to Germany¿s lack of success in this early stage of the war. Although the technology was first demonstrated in the United States during December 1934, it was only when war clouds loomed that the U.S. military authorities recognized the great potential of radio-based detection and tracking, and began the development of ship- and land-based systems. The first of these were fielded by the U.S. Navy in early 1940, and a year later by the U.S. Army. The acronym RADAR (for RAdio Detection And Ranging) was coined by the U.S. Navy in 1940, and the subsequent name \"radar\" was soon widely used. While the great benefits of operating in the microwave portion of the radio spectrum were known, transmitters for generating microwave signals of sufficient power were not available; thus, all early radar systems operated at much lower frequencies. In February 1940, researchers in Great Britain developed the resonant-cavity magnetron, capable of producing micr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781155793085\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRadar in World War II, Chain Home, German night fighter direction vessel Togo, SCR-270 radar, List of World War II British naval radar, H2S radar, SCR-584 radar, List of Japanese World War II radar, Camp Evans, Würzburg radar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781155793085","offer_id":48851560366405,"sku":"9781155793085","price":18.84,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/302a1cd6-f9c1-4032-a933-efa63d038c65.jpg?v=1764392563","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/world-war-ii-radars-von-undefined","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}