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German analysis inferred Allied radar detection

A question about changing radar performance explains why German analysts could plausibly suspect Allied detection of their emissions.

Question

Did Allied radar improvements convince German analysts that Allied forces were detecting German radar emissions?

Short answer

At one point that became a German explanation, and Britain did possess capable radar-detection equipment.

Notes

German analysts did at one point suspect that Allied forces were detecting German radar emissions. British forces possessed capable radar-detection equipment, so the concern was technically plausible. The existence of such equipment does not establish that it explained every tactical loss attributed to it. The suspicion should therefore be separated from proof of its operational effect in any particular case.