WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark (2013)

Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by mhh__ on Thursday July 11, 2019 @06:56AM (#20410591)

I spam this everytime WW2 engineering is mentioned and I'll do it again:

The secret war is a documentary about exactly that (amongst other things e.g. the magnetic mine): WW2 RADAR and radio navigation, and the intellectual battle between the Brits and Germans as they tried to locate beams and steal (genuinely!) entire German ground radar stations

It's very long, very detailed but well presented - in a style that assumes you aren't stupid.

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by nkurz on Thursday July 11, 2019 @09:50AM (#20411473)

Thanks for spamming --- I hadn't known about the documentary. I presume you are familiar with this classic book on the topic as well: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/r-v-jones/the-wiz...

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by mhh__ on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:53PM (#20414323)

I'm aware of it but haven't got a copy myself

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by rb808 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @10:42AM (#20411861)

Ooof. 5 hours. Looks good though.

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by see-dante on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:34PM (#20414127)

It's a 7 part series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_War_(TV_series)

So, you know, eat it in chunks

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Re:WWII Propaganda Popularized Myth That Carrots Help You Se... by mhh__ on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:53PM (#20414311)

It's 5 hours but it's absolute gold if you like stuff like that (like me)

YouTube remembers where you left off now so it's not a huge issue in 2019

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