A REPORT ON THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP ~1
... growth, the structure which was to become the Office of Censorship. It was decided, for the time being, that censorship of the mails, as well as of t elegraph and land telephone lines, should be a responsibility of the War Department. Dur'ing the night of December 11-12 orders were forwarded from th ...
... growth, the structure which was to become the Office of Censorship. It was decided, for the time being, that censorship of the mails, as well as of t elegraph and land telephone lines, should be a responsibility of the War Department. Dur'ing the night of December 11-12 orders were forwarded from th ...
Remember - Met Office
... An important role of the Meteorological Section R.E. and, by association, the Meteorological Office during the war was to provide forecasts and meteorological advice to the army and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), (an army unit) on all fronts. Initially all of the forecasting was done from GHQ but ove ...
... An important role of the Meteorological Section R.E. and, by association, the Meteorological Office during the war was to provide forecasts and meteorological advice to the army and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), (an army unit) on all fronts. Initially all of the forecasting was done from GHQ but ove ...
RESOURCES Forgotten Battles, Forgotten Maps: Resources for
... the annotation, but the edition information indicates that these map sheets were issued prior to World War II. Correspondingly, German map sheets distributed immediately prior to and after the start of World War II bear special distribution notations that include a month and year. These maps with da ...
... the annotation, but the edition information indicates that these map sheets were issued prior to World War II. Correspondingly, German map sheets distributed immediately prior to and after the start of World War II bear special distribution notations that include a month and year. These maps with da ...
World War II Newspaper
... Create the front page of a newspaper written with an “American” perspective from the WWII era that includes an article about each of the following: a major leader, a major event, propaganda, and a description of the Axis Powers. Each article should be long enough to give sufficient information on th ...
... Create the front page of a newspaper written with an “American” perspective from the WWII era that includes an article about each of the following: a major leader, a major event, propaganda, and a description of the Axis Powers. Each article should be long enough to give sufficient information on th ...
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORLD WAR II FOLDABLE Neatness and
... Neatness and creativity count as part of your grade on this foldable. The foldable does not have a lot of extra room in some places so be sure to place your information carefully. 1. Glue # 1-7 with lines on the bottom left of the front. Find the map of Europe with areas numbered on it. Glue this to ...
... Neatness and creativity count as part of your grade on this foldable. The foldable does not have a lot of extra room in some places so be sure to place your information carefully. 1. Glue # 1-7 with lines on the bottom left of the front. Find the map of Europe with areas numbered on it. Glue this to ...
RP 9 Canada and the Battle of Britain - friends
... The RAF Roll of Honour for the Battle of Britain (See Annex B for Canadians on the Roll) recognises 574 pilots from countries other than the United Kingdom, as flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit during the period from 10 July to 31 October 1940, alongside 2,353 B ...
... The RAF Roll of Honour for the Battle of Britain (See Annex B for Canadians on the Roll) recognises 574 pilots from countries other than the United Kingdom, as flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit during the period from 10 July to 31 October 1940, alongside 2,353 B ...
File - Covenant History
... I. On the “Europe after World War II” map complete the following, using pages 890-891: A. List the 12 nations that originally joined NATO below. Then label the 10 that are on your map and shade them BLUE. ...
... I. On the “Europe after World War II” map complete the following, using pages 890-891: A. List the 12 nations that originally joined NATO below. Then label the 10 that are on your map and shade them BLUE. ...
Oct 17 - Chap 4 - Airpower Goes to War
... over the English Channel Germans needed control of the skies to be able to invade Britain – cancelled Operation Sea Lion Luftwaffe sustained its first major defeat ...
... over the English Channel Germans needed control of the skies to be able to invade Britain – cancelled Operation Sea Lion Luftwaffe sustained its first major defeat ...
world war ii
... the war was to have such a big bomber force yourself that no one would dare attack you. (In the popular 1936 film of H.G. Wells’s Things to Come there is a scene where massive waves of enemy bombers fly over the city and destroy it). b. Part of the initial thinking with the emphasis on bombers is th ...
... the war was to have such a big bomber force yourself that no one would dare attack you. (In the popular 1936 film of H.G. Wells’s Things to Come there is a scene where massive waves of enemy bombers fly over the city and destroy it). b. Part of the initial thinking with the emphasis on bombers is th ...
How the Luftwaffe Lost the Battle of Britain
... Dowding was an early champion of radar. Britain had a chain of 29 RDF stations along its southern and eastern coastlines. The radar was effective for more than 100 miles out. Once Luftwaffe formations crossed England’s coastline, the Royal Observer Corps began tracking them. The RAF knew when and wh ...
... Dowding was an early champion of radar. Britain had a chain of 29 RDF stations along its southern and eastern coastlines. The radar was effective for more than 100 miles out. Once Luftwaffe formations crossed England’s coastline, the Royal Observer Corps began tracking them. The RAF knew when and wh ...
Battle of Britain
... RAF bomber attacks. Battle was over and Britain was safe. Winston Churchill said: ...
... RAF bomber attacks. Battle was over and Britain was safe. Winston Churchill said: ...
Dowding system
The Dowding system was the world's first wide-area ground-controlled interception network, controlling the airspace across the UK from northern Scotland to the southern coast of England. It used a complex dedicated buried land-line telephone network to rapidly collect information from Chain Home (CH) radar stations and the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) to direct defensive interceptor aircraft and anti-aircraft artillery. The system was built by the Royal Air Force just before the start of World War II, and proved decisive in the Battle of Britain.The Dowding system was developed after tests demonstrated problems relaying information to the fighters before it was out of date. Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command, solved the problem through the use of hierarchical reporting chains. Information was sent to Fighter Command Headquarters (FCHQ) central filter room at Bentley Priory and used to prepare a map of the battle. Details of the map were then relayed to the Group and Sector headquarters, where operators re-created the map at a scale covering their area of operations. Looking at the maps, commanders could make decisions on how to employ their forces quickly and without clutter. Instructions were relayed to the pilots only from the squadron's sector control rooms, normally co-located at the fighter's operating bases.The Dowding system is considered key to the success of the RAF against the German air force (Luftwaffe) during the Battle of Britain. The combination of early detection and rapid dissemination of that information acted as a force multiplier, allowing the fighter force to be used at extremely high rates of effectiveness. In the pre-war period, interception rates of 30% to 50% were considered excellent; that meant that over half the sorties sent out would return without having encountered the enemy. During the Battle, average rates were well over 80%, and several raids were met with 100% success rates. Lacking their own direction system, Luftwaffe fighters had little information on the location of their RAF counterparts, and often returned to base having never seen them. When they did, the RAF fighters were almost always in an advantageous position.Although many histories of the Battle of Britain comment on the role of radar, it was only in conjunction with the Dowding system that radar could be truly effective. This was not lost on Winston Churchill, who noted that:All the ascendancy of the Hurricanes and Spitfires would have been fruitless but for this system which had been devised and built before the war. It had been shaped and refined in constant action, and all was now fused together into a most elaborate instrument of war, the like of which existed nowhere in the world.