July 7th, 1944: 25,000 feet above Europe, the 492nd Bomb Group faced their deadliest mission yet. Flying B-24 Liberators over ...

The wail of the air raid siren in Ukraine, which signals potential or incoming attacks, has become as burdensome and commonplace a sound as that of traffic or construction work. More than 40,000 air ...

Along an unassuming street in the Koto city section of Tokyo sits a modest, three-story, red-brick building that gradually grows lighter in color toward the top, as if it were on fire. Inside, the ...

Air raid sirens have an important job to do, and have been a critical piece of public safety infrastructure in times of geopolitical turmoil. They sound quite unlike anything else, by virtue of their ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Cities across China opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat Friday as unusually high temperatures across parts of the country started claiming ...

Wartime air raid shelters in China are being transformed into 'underground cities'. Since 2018, the city of Chongqing has been converting these spaces into unique cultural sites in an effort to ...