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Luftwaffe boosts German air defences

22nd June 1942: As RAF Bomber Command becomes an ever more potent threat the Luftwaffe respond with the 'Y system'- all part of a continuing arms race

Jun 22, 2022
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Luftwaffe radar station on the Channel coast, 1942.

Much had changed since in Germany since September 1939 when Herman Goering had confidently proclaimed:

No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You may call me Meyer.

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