Kammhuber Line
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The Kammhuber Line was a German World War II night air defense system consisting of a network of radar and searchlight zones designed to intercept Allied bombers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German air-defense network | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German air defense system
ⓘ
World War II military system ⓘ integrated air defense network ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Germany
ⓘ
occupied Western Europe ⓘ |
| architect | Josef Kammhuber ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| designedTo |
coordinate radar, searchlights, and fighters
ⓘ
create continuous night air defense belt ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Denmark ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
France
ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Himmelbett zone
ⓘ
radar-controlled interception box ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
initially increased German night interception efficiency
ⓘ
later degraded by Allied countermeasures ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ground control centers
ⓘ
night fighter units ⓘ radar stations ⓘ radio communications network ⓘ searchlight batteries ⓘ |
| location |
German-occupied Europe
ⓘ
surface form:
German-occupied territories
Western Europe ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Josef Kammhuber ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Josef Kammhuber ⓘ |
| notableStrategyUsedAgainst |
Window radar countermeasures
ⓘ
bomber stream tactic ⓘ |
| operationalRole |
airspace surveillance
ⓘ
ground-controlled interception ⓘ |
| operator | Luftwaffe night fighter force ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
Defense of the Reich
ⓘ
surface form:
German air defense of the Reich
|
| significantEvent |
Battle of the Ruhr
ⓘ
Defense against RAF Bomber Command night raids ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interception of Allied bombers
ⓘ
night air defense ⓘ |
| uses |
Freya radar
ⓘ
Würzburg radar ⓘ ground-controlled interception tactics ⓘ radio direction finding ⓘ searchlights ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
German air-defense network