An RAF photograph of the Bruneval Radar site, December 1941
The Bruneval Raid, also referred to as Operation Biting was a raid carried out by British commandos to gather intelligence on German radar technology. The raid took place on the night of February 27, 1942 and ended by morning. The reasoning for the raid came from the fact that early in the war, Britain had very little knowledge of how far developed Germany's radar capabilities had become. Aerial photographs, bomber losses in the war against Germany, and the detection of certain frequencies coming from France all pointed to the implementation of advanced radar defenses all throughout northern Europe. Therefore, British scientists urged there be a raid against one of these installations to unravel their secrets. In the end, the raid proved a success. A Würzburg Radar was captured and sent back to Britain, some German prisoners were taken, and all with minimal British casualties.
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