How Radar was the Game Changer of WWII and It's Only Gets Better | War History Online

Carrots for night vision?🥕 #WWII #History #Radar #Carrots #NightVision During World War II, the British Royal Air Force faced a major challenge: how to hide the existence of their advanced radar systems from German forces. Their solution was a crafty piece of propaganda: they credited their pilots’ remarkable success at night to a diet rich in carrots. Allegedly, munching on carrots endowed flyers with superior night vision, making them incredibly accurate in the dark. The story circulated wide

Carrots Can't Help You See in the Dark. Here's How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth