Why was Japan completely unaware of the world's first radar technology?
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
After paralyzing the US Pacific Fleet overnight,
the Japanese army defeated the British Navy on December 10.
And on February 15, 1942,
they continued their victories, capturing Singapore, where a British naval base was located...
However, the British and Americans possessed a new weapon: radar.
Japanese fighter pilots even ate turnips to fight effectively at night.
However, thanks to radar, the US Navy could fight at night as if it were daylight.
The Japanese army faced difficulties in subsequent battles due to radar, which the US and British possessed while the Japanese did not.
However, the Japanese military leadership learned that Professor Hidetsuku Yagi,
who they had previously ignored, had already possessed the fundamental radar technology known as the Yagi antenna in 1926.
While the Allied powers, including Britain and the US, were aware of the Yagi antenna developed by Professor Hidetsuku Yagi and Dr. Shintaro Uda,
Japan was unaware of it. Only then did the Japanese military command realize the importance of radar, and they began mobilizing all their resources to develop it...
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