We have a unique author talk with Norman Fine on his new book, Blind Bombing on December 14th at 2PM at Handley Library. Fine tells the little-known story of how microwave radar got the Allies to D-Day in WWII, despite initial apathy and even opposition by many in the entrenched military establishments of Britain and the United States. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and provided by Winchester Book Gallery. The talk is sponsored by the Friends of the Handley Regional Library System.
About the Book
On the eve of WWII, late in 1939, a top-secret gadget—the resonant cavity magnetron—was invented by two British scientists. Small enough to be held in the palm of a man’s hand, it was brought to the U.S. and showed to American scientists and military leaders. Immediately, the Radiation Lab was set up at MIT in Cambridge, MA to help the Brits develop microwave radars, without which we would not have been able to launch D-Day on June 6, 1944.That invention was the key that unlocked the promise of radar. And only the Allies had it. It proved to be the technology that conquered the 2 primary obstacles to D-Day, and the enemy couldn’t figure out how.
About the Author
Norman Fine is a retired electronics engineer, founder of a high-tech company, and the editor and publisher of an annual engineering design guide series in the1990s.