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...
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deep-level shelters are eight deep-level air-raid shelters that were built under London Underground stations during World War II. Each shelter consists...
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dealing with bombing incidents. They managed the air raid sirens and ensured people were directed to shelters. Women were involved in ARP services through...
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used as an air-raid shelter. On 3 March 1943, 173 people, including 62 children, were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter, in what is...
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The Stockport Air Raid Shelters are a system of almost 1 mile (1.6 km) of underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of...
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Sarina Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at Broad Street, Sarina, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1942...
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Landsborough Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed air raid shelter at Cribb Street, Landsborough, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was...
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Woolloongabba Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at 34 Sword Street, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
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Victoria towards Brixton. The station is known for its World War II air-raid shelters, and for being the location of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes...
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air-raid shelter underneath it, and is one of eight such stations. From August 1943 until the end of the Second World War the Goodge Street shelter was...
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different kinds of attack and strengths of hostile explosives. An air raid shelter is a structure built to protect against bomber planes dropping bombs...
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Nundah Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter and now public toilets at Sandgate Road, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
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Fortitude Valley Air Raid Shelters is a heritage-listed group of four air raid shelters at East Street and Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane...
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Babinda Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter and now public toilets at 109 Munro Street, Babinda, Cairns Region, Queensland,...
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the firefighting services lacked training and equipment, and few air raid shelters were constructed for civilians. As a result, the B-29s were able to...
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Newmarket Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed air raid shelter at Enoggera Road, Newmarket, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed...
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Amiriyah shelter bombing was an aerial bombing attack that killed at least 408 civilians on 13 February 1991 during the Gulf War, when an air-raid shelter ("Public...
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eight London Underground stations which have deep-level air-raid shelters underneath them. The shelter was constructed in World War II to provide safe accommodation...
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from air and sea, with a total of 754 bombs dropped during the Spanish Civil War. This led to the decision to create a system of underground shelters for...
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Morningside Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at 580 Wynnum Road, Morningside, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frank...
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Windsor Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed...
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shelter Tent Toguna, a shelter used by the Dogon people in Africa Townhouse Applications Air raid shelter Animal shelter Bothy, public supply shelter...
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Air-raid shelter am Weinberg (Bunker am Weinberg) in Kassel is a World War II air raid shelter built end of the 1930s. Tunnels in the soft limestone of...
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Newstead Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at Commercial Road, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was...
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City of Caves (section Air-raid shelter)
used over the years as a tannery, public house cellars, and as an air raid shelter. The caves are listed as a scheduled monument by Historic England under...
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and in, air-raid shelters. The suit solved the problems of warmth and modesty encountered when seeking shelter during nighttime air raids in the United...
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A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designated to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion...
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Tranmere, Merseyside (section Air raid shelter)
one of the largest and most expensive World War II air raid shelters in the country. The shelter consists of a series of tunnels stretching to a total...
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Kelvin Grove Fig Trees and Air Raid Shelter are heritage-listed trees and air raid shelter at 176 Kelvin Grove Road, Kelvin Grove, City of Brisbane, Queensland...
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containing "a maze of passages, rooms and halls." Junge wrote, "We had air-raid warnings every day" in the period between the 20 July assassination attempt...
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