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''Deeply researched and engagingly written'' The Times
''Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller'' Mail on Sunday
''Chock full of memorable characters and written with all the drama and pace of a Robert Harris thriller'' Rowland White, author of Mosquito

Summer 1939. War is coming. The British believe that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too.

They believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have no need of navigational aids. They are wrong. Most of the bombs the RAF will drop in the first years of the war land miles from their target.

They 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 o

The Battle of the Beams

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Transworld
      Published 6 June 2024
      ISBN-13 9780552177801
      978-0552177801
      ISBN-10 552177806
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      Military History Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Deeply researched and engagingly written'' The Times
      ''Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller'' Mail on Sunday
      ''Chock full of memorable characters and       written with all the drama and pace of a Robert Harris thriller'' Rowland White, author of Mosquito

      Summer 1939. War is coming. The British believe that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too.

      They believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have no need of navigational aids. They are wrong. Most of the bombs the RAF will drop in the first years of the war land miles from their target.

      They 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 o

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