THE APPLICATION OF RADAR IN THE UDF DURING WORLD WAR II

dc.creator	T.C.B. Vlok
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:38Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:38Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/4-2-933
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/27fac39c3a294bd492551e6f08047252
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9169
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/27fac39c3a294bd492551e6f08047252
dc.description	Throughout the history of large decisive campaigns and wars, and more so when opposing forces are clearly defined, appearing on a massive scale, conventional weapons and methods of warfare are produced in enormous quantities, to be used by every able-bodied person available; this because every war holds the threat that a state of attrition will be reached when superiority in numbers will tip the scales. To bolster morale, to minimise what is indeed a fateful attitude, a great deal of effort and energy is devoted to developing the secret weapon, the one that will more than restore the balance. Such were in their time: ballistae, the short sword, bows and arrows, gunpowder, breech loading rifles, machine guns, submarines, aerial bombs, tanks, and poison gas. The World War II crop was roughly: Blitzkrieg, radar, V.-type bombs and the atomic bomb. Great leaps ahead like these, in advance of current practice, were the fruits of labour by devoted and untrammelled "Backroom Boys". They produced the strategic ideas and material which were then handed over to the combat forces to exploit tactically. With a strong element of secrecy and national security ever-present, it was invariably necessary to create new units in the field for such exploitation, rather than to extend the functions of existing organisations. It is against this background that the development of radar in the South African Armed Forces must be seen.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/933
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	South African Armed Forces
dc.subject	Blitzkrieg
dc.subject	radar
dc.subject	V.-type bombs
dc.subject	atomic bomb
dc.subject	the development of radar
dc.subject	Department of Electrical Engineering
dc.subject	Dr Basil Schonland
dc.subject	Dr Ernest Marsden
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	THE APPLICATION OF RADAR IN THE UDF DURING WORLD WAR II
dc.type	Article