Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

A British man takes shelter indoors as sirens warn of an imminent attack in Tel Aviv. Keith Ottoway says he is stranded in ...

“Me and my friends began playing in them and the first item I found was a British Tommy helmet ... gas masks and an air-raid siren, are “probably one of the best private collections in ...

In the early hours of March 10, 1945, she climbed a nearby mountain while an air raid siren blared. When she looked in the direction of Tokyo, she saw the area a bright glowing red. “Please save ...

Air raid sirens were placed on the top of tall buildings - often police stations or similar - or on the top of poles if no suitable building could be found. In cities the sirens were powered ...