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The British worked feverishly in the 1930s to invent and install a network of [[radar]] stations. Through radar they knew exactly where the German formations were, and could send fighter interceptions to the optimal location, not wasting precious minutes looking for the German aircraft.
 
The British worked feverishly in the 1930s to invent and install a network of [[radar]] stations. Through radar they knew exactly where the German formations were, and could send fighter interceptions to the optimal location, not wasting precious minutes looking for the German aircraft.
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The German fighter planes had much smaller fuel capacities than the German bombers, and it was estimated that they could only spend five minutes in a dogfight with the British before they had to turn around for home. Often the German bombers were left unescorted for the last stretch to the target, leaving them vulnerable to attack from British planes.
 
The German fighter planes had much smaller fuel capacities than the German bombers, and it was estimated that they could only spend five minutes in a dogfight with the British before they had to turn around for home. Often the German bombers were left unescorted for the last stretch to the target, leaving them vulnerable to attack from British planes.
 
[[File:Ww2-stuka.jpg|thumb|right|240px|The Stuka was a dive bomber that frightened people on the ground but it was too slow in the air and the British shot most of them down]]  
 
[[File:Ww2-stuka.jpg|thumb|right|240px|The Stuka was a dive bomber that frightened people on the ground but it was too slow in the air and the British shot most of them down]]  
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