Radio Navigation in World War II | The Battle of the Beams
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 Published On May 6, 2022

One of World War II's most important battlefields was in the air, and fought with invisible radio signals. The Battle of the Beams during the air war over Britain saw a succession of radio navigational aids, with names like Knickebein, X-Gerat, and Y-Gerat, and sophisticated means of disrupting them. These innovations led to the modern navigation system used in aircraft for the remainder of the 20th Century and beyond!

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