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Pages in category "Air raid shelters in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Prior to World War II, in 1924, an Air Raid Precautions Committee was set up in the United Kingdom. For years, little progress was made with shelters because of the apparently irreconcilable conflict between the need to send the public underground for shelter and the need to keep them above ground for protection against gas attacks.
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Air raid shelters in the United States (7 P) Pages in category "Air raid shelters" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
An air raid shelter is a structure built to protect against bomber planes dropping bombs over a large area. These were commonly seen during World War II , such as the " Anderson shelters " of the United Kingdom.
Israel's air force said it shot down two rockets from Lebanon that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv while Blinken was visiting the city. Blinken entourage rushes to shelter amid Hezbollah ...
The Underground World Home was an exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair of a partially underground house which doubled as a bomb shelter.Designed by architect Jay Swayze, who made a specialty of underground homes, it was situated on the campus of the expo besides the Hall of Science and north of the expo's heliport in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens.
The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California.