bomb shelters
Wartime protective structures
Bomb shelters are reinforced structures designed to protect people from aerial bombardment or nuclear attack.
During World War II, civilians retreated to bomb shelters during air raids; the Cold War brought backyard fallout shelters stocked with supplies.
The term extends to any fortified space offering protection from explosives: The basement served as an improvised bomb shelter.
- civil defenseGovernment emergency civilian protection
- duck and coverEmergency protective posture
- air raid wardenCivilian enforcing blackout rules
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- protectionGuarding against harm
underground bunkers · home front · bunker · dugout · casemate · blast doors · atomic age · Cold War era · mushroom cloud · pillbox · Blitz · air raid sirens · blackout curtains · gas masks · reinforced concrete · safe room · foxhole · radiation
- Underground placescatacombs, bunkers, subway tunnels, metro stations, salt mines
- WWII GermanyNazi Germany, Nazi Party, Nazi regime, Third Reich, Wehrmacht
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- 1950s nostalgiapoodle skirts, hula hoops, drive-in theaters, sock hops, jukeboxes
- civil defensecivil defense, air raid sirens, air raid wardens, blackouts, evacuation plans
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
bomb sheltersopen ground
no man's land · kill zones · blast radius · ground zero · danger zones
bomb sheltersmissile silos
Underground warhead storage facilities
launch pads · nuclear arsenals · airfields · air bases · airbases
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