Bruneval Raid Anniversary

From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Sat Feb 25 2006 - 13:49:07 PST

This Monday/Tuesday is the 64th anniversary of the 1942 Bruneval Raid, the
first Allied Paratroop operation, designed to snatch the essential bits of a
hitherto unknown German radar which was aiding in the devastation of Allied
aircraft over Europe.

Here are some interesting links:

http://www.combinedops.com/Bruneval.htm

And here is the famous aerial photo of the Wurzburg Radar:

http://histru.bournemouth.ac.uk/Oral_History/Talking_About_Technology/radar_research/the_bruneval_raid.html

And a better pic of the dish and oscillator:

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_(radar)

Unfortunately, the text on this site is in Dutch.

There are at least two books on the raid that are well worth reading:

        Bruneval Raid: Stealing Hitler's Radar by George Millar (Paperback -
October 28, 2002)

        Most Secret War by R. V. Jones (Paperback - August 1998)

These are recent paperback versions of the original HB books and are both
available at about $10/ea.

The first is a description of the raid itself, the second is a history of the
British Scientific intel operations in WW II and covers a wide range of
subjects.

Also, the local PBS station is running a series of 1/2 hour shows called
something like 'The Great Raids of WW II". One episode was on Bruneval, and
another was about the raid on the Nordsk Hydro Heavy Water plant. There does not
appear to be a linked web site.

-John

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