The haunting history of the air-raid siren
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effect of constant warnings upon our working-class population… If I were managing Germany and I knew London was going to sound syrens and explode balloons every time hostile aircraft left the shores of Belgium I should send aeroplanes three times a week, and in a fortnight I should have London in su
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- effect of constant warnings upon our working-class population… If I were managing Germany and I knew London was going to sound syrens and explode balloons every time hostile aircraft left the shores of Belgium I should send aeroplanes three times a week, and in a fortnight I should have London in such an extreme state of excitement that it would ha...
- A modern twist on the fact the waxing and waning wail of a siren has truly embedded itself in the human psyche as warning of impending danger.
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