The Metal Strips That Fooled German Radar — How Window Changed the War

In 1943, German radar operators were watching the skies over Europe, searching for Allied bombers. Then the radar screens suddenly filled with hundreds of aircraft. But most of them weren't real. The weapon was almost absurdly simple: thousands of tiny strips of metal, dropped from RAF bombers to create thousands of false radar echoes. Known as Window, this secret countermeasure turned German radar against itself, confusing air-defense networks and making it almost impossible to tell where the real bombers were. From the bombing of Hamburg to the technological battles that followed, Window changed the way radar warfare was fought. This is the story of the deceptively simple weapon that made an entire enemy radar system see an army that wasn't there. #WWII #WorldWar2 #MilitaryHistory #Radar #RAF #AviationHistory #Window