RADAR may well have saved Britain during World War II. At the outbreak of the conflict, huge towers erected along the nation's southern coast gave early warning of German planes crossing the Channel, giving beleaguered and outnumbered British pilots a chance to scramble in time to meet the invading aircraft. As important as this contribution was, however, it was just the beginning of RADAR'
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The dramatic story of how one man was asked to develop a death ray, but discovered radar. This electronic wizardry not only helped win the Battle of Britain, but also brought Allied women for the first time into the front line of battle as they tracked and destroyed Hitler's Luftwaffe. Using detailed color reenactments, archive footage, and interviews, we delve into the world of scientific discovery at MIT's "Radlab", and dive with U.S. submariners as they use radar to defeat the Japanese.