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Air Raid Precautions (ARP) 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 raid precautions increased in the 1920s and 30s, with the Raid Wardens' Service set up in 1937 to report on bombing incidents. [ 1 ]
English: Air Raid Precautions Dog at work in Poplar, London, England, 1941 'Rip' the dog helps this Air Raid Precautions Warden to search amongst rubble and debris following an air raid in Poplar. The Warden signals for help from his colleagues to search the spot indicated by Rip.
RLB poster from c. 1943. The Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB; "Reich Air Protection League") was a civil defense organization in Nazi Germany in charge of air raid precautions in residential areas and among smaller businesses.
At 08:00 the Japanese bombed Kai Tak Airport. Two of the three Vildebeest and the two Walruses were destroyed by 12 Japanese bombers. The attack also destroyed several civil aircraft including all but two of the aircraft used by the air unit of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. The RAF and air unit personnel from then fought on as ground ...
Ministry of Home Security poster used during the 'Phoney War'. The Ministry of Home Security was a British government department established in 1939 to direct national civil defence, primarily tasked with organising air raid precautions, during the Second World War.
As early as July 1939, Public Information Leaflet No 2 (part of the Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) training literature) warned of the need for popular discipline to ensure that the blackout regulations were fully enforced during the blackout periods. [7] Blackout regulations were imposed on 1 September 1939, before the declaration of war.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:40, 31 January 2013: 758 × 800 (73 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''Air Raid Precautions and Civil Defence in Wartime Britain, 1942''<br/> A woman pulls closed the blackout curtains in her home before going to bed.}} |author = Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer |date...
The 11th Anti-Aircraft Division (11th AA Division) was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War.It defended the West Midlands during The Blitz, including the notorious raid on Coventry, and the subsequent Baedeker Blitz, but only had a short career.