Operation Biting: the 1942 Parachute assault to capture Hitler's Radar / Max Hastings.

By:

Hastings, Max [author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 272 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780008642167

Subject(s):

World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar

DDC classification:

940.542142 HAS

Summary: Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful.In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Wrzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr RV Jones proposed an assault to capture key components.

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Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful.In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Wrzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr RV Jones proposed an assault to capture key components.

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