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A moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little know team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away.
22) World War II
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Survival tails volume 3
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English
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"A group of brave zoo animals must survive the London Blitz during World War II"--
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Featuring cutting-edge technology, unique archive footage, dramatic re-enactments, and firsthand interviews with men who were there, The Battle of Britain tells the extraordinary story of the historic high-stakes air contest between the German Luftwaffe and the British RAF.
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Duel volume 68
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"The Battle of Britain was a fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable foe. With the German army poised to invade, only the fighters of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the conquest of Britain. Losses were high on both sides, but the Spitfires, Hurricanes, Havocs, and Defiants of the RAF began to take their toll on the overextended, under-protected Kampfgruppen of Heinkel He 111s, Junkers Ju 87s and 88s, and Dornier Do 17s. Both...
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