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American soldiers hit the beach at Salerno and begin their trek across the countryside toward the Nazi-occupied farmhouse they've been ordered to destroy. Th...
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- The Sprocket Vault
Apr 20, 2023 · The reality of wartime Britain is brought into focus with the role of the Anderson Shelter during World War II aerial bombings. This eye-opening clip from ep...
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- Chronicle
'Life in an Anderson Shelter during the Blitz of WW2' written and directed by Jason Gregg.A short film showing what it would have been like in an Anderson s...
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- C&P Productions
- After The War
- John Summers & Sons
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The corrugated iron roofs of most of the shelters were collected by the authorities at the end of the war. Others were sold to the householders for either 15 shillings or £1, depending on the size. People who bought their shelters often dug them up and re-erected them above ground, fitted them with proper wooden doors, and used them as workshops or...
This steel making company had a large steel mill at Shotton in North Wales. Its official history records that: The company even designed its own shelters, improving on the standard Anderson design by manufacturing semi-circular sheets which did not need to be bolted at the top, and so could be constructed more easily.
German strategic bombing of the UK between 1939 and 1945 killed around 50,000 people. London, Liverpool and Birmingham were the most bombed cities, in that order. Here, above, is a 1945 view of the area around St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Similar attacks on German cities killed around 500,000 – ten times as many. Many of the later attacks were ca...
Nov 5, 2005 · 05 November 2005. Life as a child in an Anderson Shelter. In 1941 at the age of 4 wih the escalation of World War 2 my world changed. The most dramatic change was the family’s nightly routine ...
Oct 6, 2005 · Life in the Anderson Shelter — 1941. By. Beryl Donaldson. By December 1940, I had become bored and restless at the schooling, which was on offer and felt the time had come to leave and seek a ...
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Aug 18, 2023 · World War II was global, complex, intricate, and comprised of more than a million events and individual stories. It's a goldmine for cinematic drama and tense action! Over 1,300 WWII movies have been made and released to date. Here are our picks for the best movies about World War II. 25. Their Finest (2016)
