Blog

Posts tagged with Luftschutz

1. August summary - The early days

   2023-01-09 13:54:00 UTC

   ‘In case there is an attack on the centre of Government in London, it seems very important to return the compliment the next day upon in Berlin. I understand you will have by the end of this month a respectable party of Stirlings ready. Perhaps the nights are not…

---

2. Einmann Bunker

   2021-08-05 15:41:00 UTC

   Time ago, during our research for one Berlin air raid, we found this picture. We have seen it before, but this time we noticed a small interesting detail that captured our attention.  Photo by Fritz Eschen. SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek. Taken after the war by Fritz Eschen in May 1946,…

---

3. Feuer!

   2018-04-23 19:53:04 UTC

   Fire, as Bomber Command well knew, was the biggest destroyer of property On 23 September 1941, Britain’s Air Staff produced a report detailing the effectiveness of German incendiary attacks on Britain and recommending that fire be a central feature of Bomber Command attacks. The key lesson to be…

---