air-raid shelters
Wartime underground havens
Air-raid shelters is the plural of air-raid shelter, a structure designed to protect people from bombs dropped by aircraft.
These range from reinforced public buildings to backyard bunkers.
The term evokes World War II, when civilians regularly sought refuge during bombing campaigns: Families huddled in air-raid shelters during the Blitz.
- bombproofResistant to explosive force
- havensProtected places of rest
- BlitzSwift intensive attack
- home frontCivilian sector during war
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
bombardment · siren · all clear signal · refuge · civil defense · reinforced concrete · blackout curtains · dugout · protective barrier · protection · WWII bunker · shared experiences · pillbox · camaraderie · underground · fortified position · underground refuge · London Underground
air-raid sheltersopen ground
no man's land · rooftops · danger zones · aboveground · open air
air-raid sheltersbomber aircraft
Plane built to drop explosives
bombers · anti-aircraft guns · missile silos · airfields · munitions factories
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