Word: airraids
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...softened up" the country by sustained, concentrated bombardment. Only the first phase of the Battle of Britain began last week. To meet it, 1,250,000 air-raid protection workers were at their posts. Airraid shelters which would withstand anything but 500-lb. bombs within 30 ft. were available for 12,000,000 persons. Ready also were 2,000 first-aid stations, 190,000 ambulances, 300,000 hospital beds. The public was urged to carry clean handkerchiefs or towels, be ready to see and bind up severe wounds. Lovers were warned not to park in country lanes lest they...
...there). As he passed through Lille and Tournai last fortnight, they were bombarded. Nazi planes followed him along the roads. Said another newsman, when he arrived in Paris last week: "Get the hell out of here, Alex, or we'll be bombed." Immediately sirens began to wail an airraid alarm for the first time in a fortnight, bombs fell...