Thread by @TrentTelenko

@ReassessHistory There is a lot more to this particular story .

Google had previews of the GHQ LIAISON REGIMENT OPERATION MARKET that speaks to the issue I've clipped here.

Short form: the British Army didn't use NVIS radio techniques.

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@ReassessHistory NVIS -- Near Vertical Incident Skywave.

Effectively, you use a horizontal antenna whip to broadcast a low power HF straight up, bounce the HF signal off the ionosphere, and you get radio communications in thick foliage or behind hills for 200 miles with no skip zone.

@ReassessHistory The US Army Campaign in New Guinea made extensive use of NVIS in the jungle and it was released as this:

War Department Technical Bulletin TB SIG 4 (Jan. 44) "Methods for Improving the Effectiveness of Jungle Radio Communication".

@ReassessHistory The NVIS information in TB SIG 4 was used on Normandy invasion command ship USS Ancon was equipped with NVIS to talk with the RAF 11th Wing in England and Patton's 3rd Army used NVIS equipped radio half track's in the dash across France.

@ReassessHistory All the 38 set needed for survivable and reliable operation was to lay the vertical whip antenna over the shoulder of the user to be a horizontal whip.

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