November 2024
On This Day – 8th November
On this day in 1932, Stanley Baldwin delivered his ‘A Fear for the Future Speech’ to Parliament. His speech contained the famous idea that ‘the bomber will always get through’. Baldwin outlined that Britain’s air defence system was not adequate to prevent aerial bombing of Britain.
This speech led to extensive debate about the development of air defence systems in turn leading to significant investment from the government in air defence systems leading to the development of radar, first at Orford Ness and later at Bawdsey.
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