• The Battle of the Beams was a period early in the Second World War when bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate...
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  • Look up beam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beams may refer to: Beams (band), a psych-folk band formed in Toronto Beams, a 2002 album by Hiromitsu...
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  • The Beam (geological outcrop), in South Hero, Vermont, U.S. Battle of the Beams, a period in World War 2 of air radio navigation countermeasures Beam...
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    Edward Addison (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    by X-Gerät and Y-Gerät directional beams, which in turn were eventually jammed by 80 Wing in the Battle of the Beams. In early November intelligence pointed...
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  • known as the Battle of the Beams. It is largely based on the book Most Secret War, which was written by Jones, who appears in the series. The episode contains...
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    the British to develop countermeasures, which became known as the Battle of the Beams. Bomber crews already had some experience with the Lorenz beam,...
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  • single beam (approximately 1 mile wide over a range of two hundred miles), an array of prohibitive size would be required. Battle of the Beams Radio navigation...
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    Reginald Victor Jones (category Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour)
    bomb loads over the British countryside. Thus began the "Battle of the Beams" which lasted throughout much of World War II, with the Germans developing...
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    in the face of a technologically sophisticated enemy. As early as World War II, aircraft were using radio-beam navigation (see "Battle of the Beams"),...
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    as the "Battle of the Beams": as navigational radars were used to guide bombers to their targets and back to their base, the first application of EW in...
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    stations, which the British disrupted with spoofed signals in the Battle of the Beams. During the RAF's night attacks on Germany the extent of electronic countermeasures...
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    The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major...
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    British and the Germans were fighting the Battle of the Beams and on this night the British failed to disrupt the X-Gerät signals.[citation needed] About...
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    Trafford Leigh-Mallory (category Battle of Britain)
    Douglas, that led to the replacement of Hugh Dowding and Keith Park on 25 November 1940, less than a month after the end of the Battle of Britain. Leigh-Mallory...
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    The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal...
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    result of our interference with 'Y'". He was speaking of the Battle of the Beams, wherein "Y" referred to the direction finding radio signals that the Luftwaffe...
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  • during the Battle of the Beams. Dielectric heating Heat therapy Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy Rhees, David J. (July 1999). "Electricity - "The greatest...
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    Eagle Squadrons (category Fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II)
    No. 71 Squadron, was formed in September 1940 as part of the RAF's buildup during the Battle of Britain, and became operational for defensive duties on...
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  • Precision bombing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
    reception, and the British invented the first electronic warfare techniques to successfully counter this weapon in the 'Battle of the Beams' The RAF later...
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  • Radio jamming (category Denial-of-service attacks)
    Polkka on all frequencies. During the Battle of the Beams Britain jammed navigation signals used by German aircraft while the Soviets attempted to do likewise...
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    Freya radar (category Military equipment introduced in the 1930s)
    radar List of World War II electronic warfare equipment Operation Taxable Operation Glimmer Battle of the Beams Deflating British Radar Myths of World War...
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    Chain Home (category Battle of Britain)
    required' in the war years. Individual sites are listed below: History of radar Acoustic mirror Battle of the Beams British military history of World War...
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    receiver, using that signal to time the dropping of their bombs. The system was highly accurate, and the 'Battle of the Beams' broke out when United Kingdom...
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    (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) During the Battle of Britain, the defence of the UK's airspace was divided up within RAF Fighter Command...
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    Kammhuber Line (category Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving Germany)
    countermeasures. Battle of the Beams Flak tower List of World War II electronic warfare equipment Bowman 2016, p. 144. Middlebrook 1974, pp. 4–5. "The Thousand...
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    Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command in which role he was responsible for rebuilding the command's strength after the attrition of the Battle of Britain, but...
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    Hugo Sperrle (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    (Y-Control), a night navigational aid which precipitated the Battle of the Beams. Several of Greim's air corps were assigned pathfinder units from KG...
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    system. AN/FRD-10, a cold war US Navy HF direction finding system. Battle of the Beams Electric beacon Geolocation Indoor positioning system MUSIC (algorithm)...
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  • earned near-immortal fame during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when the Few held off the Luftwaffe attack on Britain. The Command continued until 17 November...
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  • Darkseid (redirect from Omega Beams)
    shooting Omega Beams from both of his eyes. Powered by a cosmic energy source called the "Omega Effect", the beams are an intense form of heated energy...
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