When the UK was bombed nightly for eight months in a row
As well as RAF sorties, the British military used gas-filled barrage balloons to deter the Luftwaffe, with searchlights piercing the night sky, and ground-based anti-aircraft weapons - like the Swedish-designed Bofors gun - firing up at German bombers.
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Tobi Tarwater
Update: 2024-07-15