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020 _a9780008642167
040 _aKenya National Library Service
082 _a940.542142 HAS
100 _aHastings, Max
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245 _aOperation Biting:
_bthe 1942 Parachute assault to capture Hitler's Radar /
_cMax Hastings.
300 _a 272 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
520 _aOperation 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.
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Radar.
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