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      A lot of investment went into the RAF. Alongside the chain home radar net to guide it.

      Without those, Dunkirk would have been soon followed by the invasion of the UK.

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          It brought time, to finish the stations and build the aircraft. Given how close the RAF came to being broken, it made all the difference.