Air Raid Precautions
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Air Raid Precautions refers to a number of organisations and guidelines in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air raids. Government consideration for air ra
Recruitment poster for Air Raid Wardens
ARP poster
ARP Warden Service Efficiency Warrant issued to NH Karanjia, Bombay, June 1942 with Acknowledgement of Gratitude Card
Civil Defence training exercise in Fulham, London, 1942
Air raid shelter
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Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not desig
Air Raid Precautions
…the committee. Every single person would need a gas mask which meant nearly 40 million would be required. Together with ideas around the building of air raid shelters, evacuations of people and blackout requirements these were all termed passive air defence. With the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany's remilitarisation…
One of the London deep-level shelters, in Belsize Park
Kleines Berlin (transl. Little Berlin) is the complex of underground air-raid tunnels dating to World War II, which still exists in Trieste, Italy
Single-person air raid shelter on display at the Günter Leonhardt aviation museum near Hanover, Germany
The Hochbunker in Trier