. Bell telephone magazine . The mai}i radio transmitting station i)i Algiers. Directioiial antennas beamed toward it were ready for the invasion of North Africa Radios Advantages Such messages as these, of course,formed but a small part of the al-most incredible total of fifty millionwords a day carried by the greatArmy network. There were requisi-tions for urgently needed supplies,manifests detailing the cargoes ofships, reports of military operations,news items from home for the Starsand Stripes and the Pacifican, and alltoo often there were long casualtylists. All of these messages were es-
. Bell telephone magazine . The mai}i radio transmitting station i)i Algiers. Directioiial antennas beamed toward it were ready for the invasion of North Africa Radios Advantages Such messages as these, of course,formed but a small part of the al-most incredible total of fifty millionwords a day carried by the greatArmy network. There were requisi-tions for urgently needed supplies,manifests detailing the cargoes ofships, reports of military operations,news items from home for the Starsand Stripes and the Pacifican, and alltoo often there were long casualtylists. All of these messages were es-sential to the successful conduct ofthe War—and it is inconceivable thatthey could have been handled withoutradio teletype. Radio was chosen as the principalmedium for overseas war communi-cations because of its mobility. Sub-marine cables normally carry the bulkof the telegraph traffic over a num-ber of important routes, such as be-tween the United States and Eng-land. In wartime, however, cablesare at a disadvantage exc
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