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245 10 a| Blind bombingh| [electronic resource] :b| how microwave radar brought the Allies to D-Day and victory in World War II /c| Norman Fine.;

246 30 a| How microwave radar brought the Allies to D-Day and victory in World War II;

260 a| Lincoln, NE :b| Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,c| [2019];

300 a| xvi, 230 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "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."c| --Provided by publisher.;

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

Author/creator	Fine, Norman M.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Description	xvi, 230 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Radar. Radar--History. --20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --France. --Normandy. --Miscellanea.

Portion of title	How microwave radar brought the Allies to D-Day and victory in World War II
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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019011059
ISBN	9781640122208 (cloth : alk. paper)

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