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Index
Title Page
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE - EGRET EXPLODES
CHAPTER TWO - DEVELOPMENT of GERMAN GLIDE BOMBS
Ruhrstahl PC 1400FX (“Fritz-X”)
Henschel Hs 293 A-1
Kehl-Strassburg Radio Guidance System
Launching Aircraft
Operational Concept
Special Luftwaffe Units: KG 100 “Wiking”
CHAPTER THREE - DEATH of a BATTLESHIP and CRISIS AT SALERNO
Early Raids on Sicily
Death of a Battleship
Destruction at Salerno
Warspite Narrowly Escapes
CHAPTER FOUR - EARLY WARNINGS FROM AGENTS and ANALYSTS
Early Indications from Oslo
Hints from Ultra Intelligence
POW Interrogation Reports
Reports from Intelligence Agents
The Beginnings of a Defense
CHAPTER FIVE - FALSE HOPE: INITIAL COUNTERMEASURES DEVELOPMENT
Howard Lorenzen
Basics of Electronic Jamming
Initial Jammer Development: NRL’s XCJ
CHAPTER SIX - II./KG 100’S STRUGGLES in the MEDITERRANEAN
Ajaccio: A Pyrrhic Victory for the Luftwaffe
Convoy Attacks by II./KG 100
Dodecanese Campaign
CHAPTER SEVEN - TRANSITION TIME: KG 40 and the HE 177
Göring’s Long-Range Bomber: The He 177
Gruppe II./KG 40
Convoy SL-139/MKS-30
Convoy KMF-26 and Loss of Rohna
Defending the Blockade Runners
CHAPTER EIGHT - INTELLIGENCE WORK LEADS to IMPROVED ELECTRONIC DEFENSES
Evaluating the Threat: The Allied Engineers’ First Look
Two Critical Intelligence Finds
Development of Second-Generation NRL Jammers: XCJ-1 and XCJ-2
British Type 650 Jammer
Interim British Countermeasures: “Jostle” and Lieutenant Field’s System
Summary
CHAPTER NINE - STALEMATE at ANZIO and ON THE CONVOY ROUTES
Preparations for Battle at Anzio
Luftwaffe Order of Battle for Anzio Glide-Bomb Missions
The First Terrible Week
Ongoing Attrition at Anzio
Attacks Against Anzio Supply Convoys
Introduction of the Ju 290
An Intelligence Holy Grail
CHAPTER TEN - LESSONS LEARNED, MOVES, and COUNTERMOVES
U.S. Plans for Advanced Countermeasures
The First Interim Jammer: ARQ-8
The Second Interim Jammer: CXGE
Hector Skifter’s Type MAS System
Other Advanced Systems: Type 651 and Canadian Naval Jammer
Development of Advanced German Glide Bombs
Final Missions Before Normandy
Ongoing Intelligence Operations
CHAPTER ELEVEN - LAST GASPS: THE INVASIONS of FRANCE
Luftwaffe Order of Battle at Normandy: I./KG 40 Enters the Fight
Preparation by the Allies for Normandy
Early Action at Normandy
Back to the Bay of Biscay
Bridges Under Attack
Operation Dragoon
The Threat Ends
Allied Efforts at Countermeasures Wind Down
CHAPTER TWELVE - HOW EFFECTIVE WERE the GLIDE BOMBS and ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES?
Reconciling German and Allied Claims
A Mission-by-Mission Analysis of Performance
What Explains Mission Effectiveness?
Cost to the Luftwaffe
Did the Jamming Work: Theoretical Considerations
Issues with Multipath Interference
Jamming Effectiveness: Empirical Evidence
Why Did the Luftwaffe Not React?
Operational Issues
EPILOGUE
Appendix - SHIPS SUNK or DAMAGED with GLIDE BOMBS
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Copyright Page
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