What did Britain really gain from the daring 1942 Bruneval raid?

Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar Max Hastings

William Collins, pp.362, 25

These days we use radar to help us park our cars, but during the early years of the second world war it was white hot technology and a closely guarded military secret. First used to detect aircraft in 1935, within a few years it had helped win the Battle of Britain and sink the Bismarck.

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Tagged2nd Parachute Battalion, bomber command, Bruneval, Major John Frost, Mountbatten, Nazis, normandy, Occupied France, second world war history, Würzburg radar

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What did Britain really gain from the daring 1942 Bruneval raid?

The night-time dismantling of a German radar site in Normandy was a feat of skill, courage and imagination. But there was little improvement to Bomber Command casualties as a result

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