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Radar In Ww2

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In 1939, The 2nd World War began when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, The United Kingdom and France declared war. During the months of May and June 1940, an evacuation at Dunkirk, France occured with the British and French being evacuated to Britain. Afterwards, Hitler prepared for an invasion of the British Isles and first sought to eliminate the Royal Air Force’s power, this failed over a 3 month air war with the UK winning, there are many reasons about who won. Although the determination of the British allowed them to keep on fighting with the help of radar as well, the United Kingdom won the battle of Britain because of the role of British Aircraft technology. The British deployed the Supermarine Spitfire earlier in the war to deal with the …show more content…

Radar, was called RDF during WWII until the Americans dubbed it Radar. RDF, know to detect aircraft miles away helped to warn the Royal Air Force that Luftwaffe forces were arriving. RDF involved sending a signal out and when the signal interacted with the metal of the airplane the signal would ping back and show on the RDF command center around the British coast and then warn RAF an attack was coming, this allowed for the RAF to meet them before the enemy could bomb structures, (Cumming, 692). This surpassed what the ROC (Royal Observation Corps) could do since the ROC was usually more dependable up close, but if the skies were not clear or dark they could not do anything to help so it was up to RDF to do the job and locate the enemy. Of course RDF had its strengths but it had its limitations. While it could detect aircraft approaching from the English Channel it could not detect aircraft once over land and this caused problems. Also the fact that once aircraft were detected and the RAF sent out if they miscalculated the distance the pilots did not intercept the aircraft, even a miscalculation by 13 miles was costly, (Cumming,693) Nevertheless, the RDF worked so much that Hermann Goering’s Luftwaffe started targeting these RDF stations to wipe out the advantage they had over the …show more content…

Neither was the role the grit of the British people under Winston Churchill that helped win the Battle. The Battle of Britain was helped by the role that Aircraft technology played. The subsequent developments of the Spitfire gave the Royal Air Force a aircraft that could have. As a result of the trust in the Spitfire less Spitfires were confirmed shot down then that of its counterpart the Hurricane. The other aircraft also played a role in the Hawker Hurricane. An aircraft that is durable and can take quite a pounding, the Hawker Hurricane produced more kills then any defence weapon the British had. While it was slow it made up for it with its maneuverability and its sturdy design, this aided by the determination of the British people and the usage of RDF this won the Battle of

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