H1MIN: MONICA VS. FLENSBURG RADAR
Ғылым және технология
During the WW2 RAF night bombing campaign over Europe, technology was created to detect and counter attack aircraft in the dark. With these developments came interesting advancements in electronic warfare and night fighting.
This video covers the creation of the Monica radar by the RAF and the German use of Flensburg radar to counter it. The capture of an intact Junkers 88 G-1 provided useful intelligence that saved many Allied air crews.
For more information on the topic:
aircrewremembered.com/captured...
Interesting video from 1944 on how Monica worked:
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British: Aha! German: Aha! British: Aha! Then they both removed the radar
@nickfarni5075
3 жыл бұрын
... then put it back on!
@blacktiger974
3 жыл бұрын
There's a lot more to this story. After the Monica was compromised, the British started to mount it on the Mosquito night fighters. The idea was to mimic the defenseless bomber, to bait German night fighters into following them. The Mosquitos would then lead them away from bombers (good luck catching the Mosquito), and skilled pilots would even let the German fighter close the distance and attempt to make a wide 360 turn to get on its tail. This was known as the "Whiting manoeuvre"
@TikiShootah
3 жыл бұрын
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@bezahltersystemtroll5055
3 жыл бұрын
British: Aha! German: Aha! British: Aha! Humanity: Bruh😔
@Nekr0n35
3 жыл бұрын
Me as a German watching: Aha!
The only bad thing about these videos is that they end.
@red_d849
Жыл бұрын
agreed
I love how detailed the animation is
@olivevkb
3 жыл бұрын
At least the ends look absolutely beautiful!
British: I have the advantage now! Germans: I have the more powerful advantage now! Germans: *lands at allied base* British: i have the advantage now!
@natethenotsogreat8349
3 жыл бұрын
After the British found out about the German radar everything pretty much went back to square one
@Leon_der_Luftige
2 жыл бұрын
And the Germans startes using different frequencies... The British used chaff.... The Germans developwd new and better active radar more resilient to chaff .... War ends
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@harveygregory7986
3 жыл бұрын
He could explain why my dad is taking 14 years to get the milk
@bell3287
3 жыл бұрын
@@harveygregory7986 It kept spoiling.
@fouzanium
3 жыл бұрын
I think this suits people who prefer summaries rather than the full background story
@Jan_Strzelecki
2 жыл бұрын
5 minutes? No man should ever wield so much power...
So, he revealed ultra secret weapon, by landing on enemy's airfield.....
Compass problems? It’s okay guys, we won’t tell the Germans.
@L_ky
3 жыл бұрын
most likely was map problem and compass added to the confusion. Compass rarely goes wrong.
@Aereto
3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, those magnetic detonators didn't work that well when U Boats are deployed close to Norway and Sweden.
@K1NDR3D
3 жыл бұрын
@@L_ky Mark Felton did a video about this very incident. It's called Luftwaffe Defection.
@jurajsintaj6644
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being a soldier on airport and a german pláne suddenly lands
@fouzanium
3 жыл бұрын
@@jurajsintaj6644 Yeah actually I wonder what the crew at the airbase were thinking… They could’ve shot it down easily, but decided to let the pilot come over and have a chat with him. I assume that they observed the plane to be damaged and alone, or just sheer luck that it landed safely
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The pilot who land in enemy airfield : Why you guys speak English ?
@pinngg6907
3 жыл бұрын
Why are you speak Germans?
@b.s.3645
3 жыл бұрын
WIESO SPRECHEN ALLE HIER ENGLISCH!?!?!??
@kleszczoros4885
3 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine he tried to plate the I ment to do that card
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@H1MIN
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
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i know the channel is called minute history but i wouldn't mind 10 mins longs versions too
@pandertv2235
3 жыл бұрын
He'd explain world history in that time
We need a military history in an hour version
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The way the JU88-G1's antennas glowed reminded me of Sanya V. Litvyak from Strike Witches
@Kurochana
3 жыл бұрын
Considering she mostly fought at night, it was probably not a coincidence.
@FloofyTanker
3 жыл бұрын
@@Kurochana Yeah, she's a Night Witch.
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@H1MIN
3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
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Imagine your technologies fell into the enemy hand because some pilot mistakenly landed in the enemy airfield.
Amazing
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@H1MIN
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
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1:30 = that bomb animation is so good
A bit of extra info: FuG 227 „Flensburg“ was made by Siemens and was a passive Radar. There were also nightfighters equipped with the FuG 220 „Lichtenstein" SN-2-Radar made by Telefunken which was an active radar. It was an improved version with a lower frequency which had to be altered as Allied forces found out about the German frequencies through the German ground radar station "Würzburg" and disrupted Germany radars with the radar countermeasure chaff for weeks until the new SN-2 was deployed. It was much more resilient to chaff and brought nightfighters more reliably to their targets.
@richardvernon317
Ай бұрын
Yep until the British used Rope Window which Jammed SN-2 just as well as normal Window screwed up the original Lichtenstein. The British were aware that a new radar was about as the number of Contacts on their Serrate equipped Mosquitos looking for standard Lichtenstein radar equipped night fighters dropped off a Cliff in May / June 1944. In the July they found out why.
So glad this channel came up in my recommended
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its funny how often accidentally landing on an enemy airfield and thus giving away an advanced piece of secret technology seemed to happen in WW2. it happened with both the 109 and the spitfire, but there are other examples too.
@gronthgronth2628
3 жыл бұрын
i always doubt the "accidental" part of such landings. Lets see, the guy here would have to completely loose orientation, in a starless night, with no moon, accidentally cross the sea, then accidentally find an airfield in the middle of nowhere, missing all the AA sentries and other planes, and accidentally either not realise that he has no radio-frequency for it, or ignore the fact that if frequency found, the speaker on the other side speaks english or at best mediocre german. See, imo it was just the case of a crew that was fed up with all the shit going on in their land/world ;)
@bigglesworth526
3 жыл бұрын
@@gronthgronth2628 probably true that a some were like that lol. however i think you under-estimate just how easy it was to become disorrientated at the time. you mentioned not having the stars or moon (which isnt exactly a rare thing). if you arent very familiar with the geography (or sight is limited) its easy to mistake one town/coastline etc for another, normandy has white cliffs too after all. that being said, it was often the case that they were damaged or running low on fuel so just landed at the first airfield they could find and hope for the best.
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@pouletbidule9831
3 жыл бұрын
Zit iznt da right airfield izn't it
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@H1MIN
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
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Oberleutnant Herbert Schmid defected with his night fight fighter version of the the JU 88 on Sunday the 9th of May 1943 - this plane was fitted with the FUG 202 Lichtenstein - the JU 88 G -1 night fighter mentioned in this video , landed at an emergency air strip in Woodbridge , Suffolk , the following year - source , Mark Felton productions
That bomb bay cam was extremely relaxing
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These videos are honestly too short for how good they are
I absolutely loved this short video
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@H1MIN
3 жыл бұрын
I do, thank you for your continued support and patience, more coming soon!
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Hello H1MIN, can you do a video on the Stinger Missile launched by the FIM-92-Stinger, appreciate these videos.
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May i ask, how do you find all your information
@proof4469
3 жыл бұрын
KZread videos
@melodyfiend
3 жыл бұрын
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@H1MIN
3 жыл бұрын
Various sources, books, archives. Research and sourcing takes a bit of time before a video is made. Some info is common knowledge, but schematics, drawings sometimes not. Thanks for the comment!
Maybe check the animation of the bombs dropping at the end of the video. I believe that they dropped in a predefined sequence from different parts of the bomb-bay, so that the remaining bombs didn't affect the plane's centre of gravity. Dropping from the front to the back as in the video would have caused the plane to pitch up and stall/crash.
Landing on enemy airstrip- Reality: Welcome to Crowne Plaza, may we help escort you to your room? Warthunder: So you have chosen death!
Can you make a video on how tank stabilizers work
This channel rules. But 1 minute is very short for me, can you please create another channel named "Military History in an Hour"? Thank you for this great content!
That's why war is always interesting to me because you can't imagine how one country comes up with a genius idea to gain an advantage and push it to the limits then the other country discovered what they were doing and comes up with a genius counter idea.
Could imagine the nuts in throat feeling realizing you landed at an enemy airfield
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Unfortunately you are showing the antenna for the Fug-220/ Liechtenstein SN-2 nose mounted array. The Fug-227 Flensburg antenna was mounted on the leading edge of the wings and on the upper and lower right (starboard) wing!.
nice
Flensburg radar be like: Hej hej monica! Hej på dig monica!