The most intense period of bombing - from September 1940 onwards - is known as the 'Blitz' (from the German word 'blitzkrieg', meaning 'lightning war'). When enemy planes were spotted air raid ...

The underground "citadel" spanned more than 100 rooms, reinforced by a 2.1m thick concrete roof, and doubled as an air raid shelter for staff when the Blitz hit. It now operates as a museum.

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 the Blitz. When people heard the ...

A now 94-year-old man who lived through WWII in Orpington can still remember the first ever air raid that sounded, not knowing that his roof ...

Socially, the first major revolution for Blitz women was in the workplace ... well as volunteering in civil defence, as part of ARP (Air Raid Precautions) and the WVS (Women’s Voluntary Service ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Lucy Caldwell about her novel, "These Days." It's set during the days - and nights - of the Belfast Blitz, when Germany bombed the Irish city during WWII.

THE air-raid warning sirens long ago fell silent but our forebears’ wartime exploits will come back into focus when we mark the 80th ...