trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 months agoTinfoil is good for more than just making hats...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1imageTinfoil is good for more than just making hats...sh.itjust.workstrollercoaster@sh.itjust.works to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
In order to deceive Nazi Germany about the real target of the D-Day invasion, the Allies dropped literally tons of aluminium foil strips (then codenamed “Window”, now known as Chaff) from aircraft to create the appearance of a large fleet moving across the English Channel towards Calais on German Radar screens just before the actual invasion started
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoSome, but since radar was a defensive tool, and the glorious Nazi would of course perpetually be on the victorious offense, so there wasn’t much… Political Will to build radar systems. And when they did, there wasn’t much money for it. But they did exist.
Some, but since radar was a defensive tool, and the glorious Nazi would of course perpetually be on the victorious offense, so there wasn’t much… Political Will to build radar systems.
And when they did, there wasn’t much money for it.
But they did exist.