Word: raids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Worst of all, London's anti-raid defenses, though magnificent in their stubbornness, were strained to the very limit. No defense has ever been designed which can stop night air attacks. Last week Britain did the best it could with what it had. What it had were three fluid fortresses: the R. A. F., the balloon barrage, antiaircraft batteries...
Last week Tim Pile was told that his men must bear a heavier burden of defense. One night air-raid wardens circulated through their districts, saying: "There'll be a hell of a racket tonight, but don't worry, it's something our boys are putting up." When the enemy came over, the noise broke out, like dozens of summer storms. It was Tim Pile's new tactic. Instead of trying to hold enemy planes in the long fingers of searchlights and aiming at them, AA defenses set up a box barrage, all the guns firing...
...Donated ?1,000 ($4,000) to the Lord Mayor's London Air Raid Distress Fund...
Next day Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons to reply to Adolf Hitler-and to tell his own people what was in store for them. The Prime Minister was also jaunty. Although the House had had to adjourn for an hour during an air raid, Mr. Churchill's humor was intact. He began by paying his respects to his foe ("No doubt Herr Hitler will not like this transference of [U.S.] destroyers"), went on to express his confidence that Hitler's Empire would pass away more quickly than did Napoleon's Army ("although of course...
...judge by their recent complaints, the people of England hate the air-raid alarms more than they hate air raids. Last week the Ministry for Home Security bowed to the popular will, reduced as much as it could the time of sounding each alarm- from two minutes...