History A-Level
Development of air defence systems
What Development of air defence systems means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Defences evolved from inadequate anti-aircraft guns and searchlights to coordinated fighter defences and early warning systems, including barrage balloons and fighter aircraft.
Topics that use Development of air defence systems
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 5 The war in the air, 1914–18 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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