Gordon Cummins was a seemingly ordinary RAF airman. But amid the darkness of blackout-era London he became one of the city’s ...

When enemy planes were spotted air raid sirens would sound. People would make their way to shelters - either communal shelters in their street or place of work, or Andersen shelters in the garden ...

Ullern district, Oslo. (Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) OSLO (AFP) — Norway said Friday it wants to reintroduce mandatory construction of air raid ...

Whether it was joining new organisations such as the Home Guard or existing ones including ... Local government became responsible for building air raid shelters, providing gas masks and ...