It was one of eight such shelters built by the UK government during World War II in response to Germany’s Blitz bombing campaign that claimed the lives of around 30,000 people in London alone.

On 13 and 14 March 1941, Clydebank was the target of one of the most intense Luftwaffe bombing raids of World War II. Each night, over 200 German bombers attacked, aiming to destroy naval ...

The attraction’s centrepiece, however, is a bar; the ‘deepest licensed bar in the United Kingdom’, with capacity for several hundred visitors, who can expect to be served Vesper Martinis in a nod to ...

The series will explore what life was like for children during the Second World War – how they coped with air raids, evacuation, sheltering in tube stations, rationing, putting sticky tape on their ...

Teaching resources for Key Stage 2 History - World War Two - with video clips using material from the BBC archive. Topics include evacuation, the Blitz, rationing, songs, news reports, speeches ...

The film discusses a historical overview of significant events from World War II, focusing on the resilience of the British people during the Battle of Britain and the impact of the Luftwaffe bombings ...