Why did British wartime propaganda heavily promote carrots as improving night vision?
Answer
To conceal British radar technology — the carrot story was a deliberate cover to hide that RAF night intercepts were accomplished by airborne radar, not super-vision from carrot consumption
Did You Know?
The British Ministry of Food ran extensive carrot campaigns featuring cartoon character Doctor Carrot. While carrots do contain Vitamin A that aids vision, the exaggerated night vision claim was specifically designed to mislead Germany about new radar technology.