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MARINE BARRAGE BALLOONS ... BRIEF HISTORY (excerpted from Barrage Balloons for Low-Level Air Defense by Major Franklin J. Hillson, USAF); The barrage balloon was simply a bag of lighter-than-air gas attached to a steel cable anchored to the ground.
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To prevent low fights and pinpoint bombing by the Luftwaffe, the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) put up huge barrage balloons. Each balloon was moored to a wagon by a cable. These cables were strong enough to destroy any aircraft colliding with them.
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbarrage.htm
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Information about the barrage balloons used by the British and Americans throughout the world war. ... The barrage balloons, which were set at heights of up to 1,524 meters, would force these aircraft to fly high, making them less accurate, and bring them within range of the antiaircraft guns. Eventually,
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about barrage balloons. barrage balloons. Information about barrage balloons in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... (redirected from barrage balloons)
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First developed by the British during World War I, barrage balloons were designed to prevent enemy fighters and bombers from commencing low-level attacks against ground targets. Barrage balloons were used again successfully in World War II.
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www.sproe.com/b/barrage-balloon.html
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Although extensive use of barrage balloons was not planned by the Germans prior to commencement of World War II, very early in the war they made their appearance in certain industrial and strategic towns in western Germany.
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Although no extensive use of barrage balloons was contemplated by the Germans before the beginning of World War II, subsequent developments proved that barrage balloons have a definite psychological value as well as a practical value, and experiments conducted prior to the outbreak of the war were very soon put...
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Bird's-eye view of landing craft, barrage balloons, and allied troops landing in Normandy, France on D-Day, 1944; Although this photograph shows only a small portion of the Normandy landing beaches, it clearly indicates the massive scale of the operation.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is a Barrage Balloon? ... Barrage balloons were made from sturdy materials and anchored to the ground with the use of long cables. The cables could be winched to vary the height of the balloon, and in some cases, barrage balloons were mobile, designed to be moved around as needed.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-barrage-balloon.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-barrage-balloon.htm
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