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 ...

Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

Wartime air raid shelters in China are being transformed into 'underground cities'. Since 2018, the city of Chongqing has been converting these spaces into unique cultural sites in an effort to ...

Wartime air raid shelters in China are being transformed into 'underground cities'. Since 2018, the city of Chongqing has been converting these spaces into unique cultural sites in an effort to ...

On June 5, 1945, an air raid would kill over 3,000 people in Kobe, a horrific experience that the girl would never forget. Now 89, Kamei spoke of her experiences from 77 years ago in public for ...

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 ...

The victims she was referring to are the survivors of the Great Tokyo Air Raid that killed 100,000 people in the capital during World War II. And the investigation relates to the stalled Diet ...

A memorial service, attended by Crown Prince Akishino, was held in Tokyo on Monday to mourn the estimated 100,000 victims of the U.S. military's air raid on the capital 80 years ago. The ceremony ...