Communications and navigation: From walkie-talkies and fm vehicular radios to navigational aids, electronics extended military command and control to unprecedented distances
John Voelcker · IEEE Spectrum · 1987
The role of radio communication and navigation technology during World War II is discussed. The discussion covers: walkie-talkies and handie-talkies; the AN/TRC (antrac) radio relay systems; the OSS two-way system; the drawbacks of German (AM) radio; the Loran and British pulsed navigation systems; and instrument landing.