Air Raid Precautions (ARP) refers to a number of organisations and guidelines in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger...
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document to prepare air raid shelters. In February 1936 the Home Secretary appointed a technical Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack. By November...
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William and Air Raid Precautions is the 21st book of children's short stories in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton. This was one of the books...
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Battle of Los Angeles (redirect from LA air raid)
sabotage or air attacks. As the U.S. began mobilizing for the war, anti-aircraft guns were installed, bunkers were built, and air raid precautions were drilled...
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1946 New Year Honours (section Air Force Cross (AFC))
MSc, lately Air Raid Precautions Controller, County of Carmarthen. Coningsby Samuel Johnson, MC, lately Town Clerk and Air Raid Precautions Controller...
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Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB; "Reich Air Protection League") was a civil defense organization in Nazi Germany in charge of air raid precautions in residential areas and...
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Reich Postal Ministry (section Air Raid Precautions)
Postluftschutz (air raid precautions) was to protect the customers, personnel and installations of the DRP from the danger of air raids. The implementation...
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or serious emergency. During World War II they were often called Air Raid Precautions (ARP) centres. During the Cold War they were also called controls...
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The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Royal Air Force)
of Production. Sydney Thomas Johnson, lately Air Raid Precautions Sub-Controller and Air Raid Precautions Officer, Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire. Bridget...
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