Скачать или смотреть [Pt.2] The Radar Room That Outsmarted the Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe expected chaos—and found a map table that could see the future.

In 1940, RAF commanders watched raids “appear” as blips, then turned them into interceptions within minutes.

Inside the Battle of Britain, victory wasn’t decided only by Spitfires and Hurricanes—it was decided by the Dowding System: Chain Home radar, the Royal Observer Corps, phone lines, filter rooms, and sector controllers building a live picture of the sky. This documentary breaks down how radar plots made German raids legible, why centralized control conserved Fighter Command’s strength, and how early warning turned the Luftwaffe’s mass formations into a predictable machine—one that could be met, disrupted, and bled without wasting Britain’s limited pilots and aircraft.

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