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an attack by armed planes on a surface target

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"So many people bought a small table top tree, like this one, with simple decorations that could be easily moved into an air-raid shelter if necessary."

After 77 Christmas Days, tree is looking festive; IT WAS BOUGHT FROM WOOLWORTHS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, SO IS THIS THE OLDEST CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE REGION?

Nobody put them up until war was declared and then there was a panic as the air-raid sirens started up really quickly.

Shelter from wartime air raids; your letters Remember When

He added the incident would be probed to know who were killed in the air-raid. However, NATO soldiers based in Helmand, the hotbed of Taliban insurgents, remained tight lipped regarding the claims of local people.

Residents claim eight civilians dead in NATO air raid

Students were fascinated when he explained how when the air-raid sirens started, everyone would have grabbed their gas masks and headed to the shelter until the next siren was sounded to give the all-clear.

DIG THIS! Excitement as air raid shelter uncovered

To improve production of guns, we were instructed to remain at our jobs, even if the public air-raid siren had sounded outside the factory.

Letter brought sad memories

A Birmingham couple revisit their home after a wartime air-raid

Your Say : Wartime blasts recalled

There were also blackout drills that forced people to practice their response to the air-raid alarm signal--a series of intermittent siren blasts.

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