{"product_id":"9781787634138-battle-of-the-beams","title":"The Battle of the Beams","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deeply researched and engagingly written' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chock full of memorable characters and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewritten\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewith all the drama and pace of a Robert Harris thriller' \u003ci\u003eRowland White, author of Harrier 809\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe radio war of 1939-45 is one of the great scientific battles in history.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of that war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelying on first-hand accounts as well as papers recently released by the Admiralty, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of the Beams\u003c\/i\u003e fills a huge missing piece in the canon of WW2 literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt combines history, science, derring do and dogged determination and will appeal as much to fans of WW2 history as to those fascinated by the science behind the beams that changed our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe British believed that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have no need of navigational aids. Flying above the clouds they, like the seafarers of old, had the stars to guide them, and that is all that is required. They are wrong. Most of the bombs the RAF will drop in the first years of the war land miles from their target.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey also believe that the Germans, without the same naval tradition, will never be able to find targets at night. They are, again, wrong. In 1939 the Germans don't just have radar to spot planes entering their airspace, they have radio beams to guide their own planes into enemy airspace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuckily there was one young engineer, Reginald Jones, helping the British government with their own scientific developments. In June 1940, when Jones quietly explained the beams the Germans had devised to a room full of disbelieving sceptics, Churchill later described the moment as like sitting in the parlour while Sherlock Holmes finally reveals the killer. Churchill immediately supported Jones's efforts to develop radar technology that went on to help the Allies win the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40827960393825,"sku":"9781787634138","price":18.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32356580.jpg?v=1739469426","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787634138-battle-of-the-beams","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}