Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Operation Corona
The purpose of "Operation Corona" was to confuse the German nightfighters during the raids on German cities during WWII. It was first used during the attack on the German industrial center of Kassel on the night of October 22/23 1943 in which 90% of the city fell to ashes, leaving 10,000 dead and 150,000 homeless. During the first years of war many people, mostly Jews, fled Nazi-Germany to England. These people were very valuable to RAF Bomber Command, since they natively spoke any German accent. These people were capable of countermanding the orders given from the senior officers in the Air Defence headquarters, and so redirect the nightfighters to other targets or give them orders to land immediately at an airbase.
Last updated: 05-11-2005 02:50:05
10-26-2009 08:16:03
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details