Jul 3, 2024 · They are Trieste’s World War II air-raid shelters, a massive maze of underground tunnels running for over 10 kilometers under the city and its suburbs. There were …

Jun 13, 2024 · Crowded and uncomfortable air raid shelters became a feature of the urban landscape across Britain during the Second World War (1939-45) as the bombers of Nazi …

Oct 1, 2010 · The most common and well-known British air-raid shelter of the Second World War is the Anderson shelter. By the start of 1939, more than a million of these part-sunken …

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 …

Oct 12, 2013 · A good example can be see being sported by actor Maurice Roëves as Sergeant James in 'Danger - UXB' - and in the same series, a blatant example of a stove being used …

Why were air raid shelters needed in the Second World War? Join IWM expert Ngaire as she tells real life stories of how people passed the time—whether they sheltered in their back garden or …

A December 1941 site plan shows at least four blocks of air raid shelters of different shapes and sizes. The only surviving block is longer and thinner than the others and has a familiar plan of …

Air raid shelters along the in the middle of an unidentified Glasgow street, photographed during the Second World War. A lorry is delivering coal in the right foreground. Other locations used …

Not sure if many people realise that during WWII, the wine cellars in the Royal Pavilion were used as air raid shelters, and I spent many a night down under the Pavilion. My family and I were …

They dug a big hole about 8 feet deep and about 12 feet long. They found old railway sleepers and sheets of corrugated iron to support sides and form the roof which was then covered with …