The first successful parachute raid by British Combined Operations troops was to capture a top secret radar installation in February 1942.

By the end of 1941, RAF Bomber Command had a problem. Their losses were mounting and yet despite missions being flown at night and using unpredictable flightpaths, the Germans always seemed to know they were coming, making them easy prey for their fighters and anti-aircraft batteries.

The British had long suspected that they had a basic radar capability but what they did not know was that they had developed a new, more advanced radar.

If the British failed to find out the secrets of this new German radar, then it could have disastrous consequences for RAF Bomber Command.
It would take the combination of air, land and sea forces to carry out this most daring of missions.

This was the first, successful operation using airborne troops from the newly formed 1st Airborne Division, 2nd Parachute Battalion in World War Two.

Germany had developed a new radar system that was seriously hampering RAF Bomber Command and their bombing missions over Germany and it's occupied territories.

Capturing and returning to England the German technology secrets was essential to understanding how to create radar countermeasures.

They must not fail.

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