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-They carried the most valuable cargo ever brought to our shores.--JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER III, Office of Scientific Research and Development -The first cavity magnetron is displayed in the Science Museum as one of the most important technological objects of the twentieth century. As Stephen Phelps reveals in this much needed book, the United Kingdom's decision to share its secrets with the United States was a key turning point in the Second World War.--JOHN LIFFEN, Curator, Science Museum, London In August 1940, a German invasion of Britain looked inevitable. Luftwaffe bombers were pounding British cities, France had surrendered, and the Low Countries were under German control. Although sympathetic to Britain's plight, the United States remained staunchly neutral. Unknown to the rest of the world, Britain's brightest scientific and military minds had been working on futuristic technology for a decade, including radar and jet propulsion. While the great value of radar to locate and identify objects at long distance and at night or in bad weather was appreciated, at the time it was thought that practical radar required a room-sized device for generating an effective signal. Now, sudden

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Author

Stephen Phelps

Publisher

Westholme Publishing

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594161636

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Stem

Rating

4.7 / 5 (59 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14