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The Morrison Shelter is introduced

23th March 1941: As the Luftwaffe renew their attacks, the government provide a new bomb shelter that people can use within their houses

Mar 23, 2026
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Men, probably from the Ministry of Home Security, check the inside and outside of the house to be used in this test of an indoor table-type air raid shelter, somewhere in Britain in 1941. It appears that this house and the surrounding area had already been badly damaged in an air raid.
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