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Document 180975
JOSEF KAMMHUBER. Postcard Photograph signed:
"Kammhuber". B/w, 4x5˝. In July 1940, Nazi Reichsmarschall Herman Göring
placed Generalleutnant Josef Kammhuber, formerly a bomber commander, in charge
of night air defenses. Kammhuber constructed a network of searchlights, radar
and night fighters based in occupied France, Belgium and Holland, covering the
approaches that British bombers took to reach their targets. Searchlights
illuminated each bomber as a Bf-110 or Ju-88 night fighter closed in for the
kill. A radar controlled master searchlight introduced in 1941 made the
Kammhuber Line even more effective by locking onto bombers automatically with a
pale blue beam until other searchlights picked it up. It wasn't until the
British developed new tactics and used electronic counter-measures that the
Kammhuber line became far less effective. Pencil note (unknown hand) on verso
(no show through). Fine condition.
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