Madden 10 League
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.



 
HomeLatest imagesSearchRegisterLog in

 

 Prior to World War II

Go down 
AuthorMessage
jukido




Posts : 139
Join date : 2011-07-09

Prior to World War II Empty
PostSubject: Prior to World War II   Prior to World War II EmptyAugust 16th 2011, 8:24 am

Prior to World War II, in May 1924, an Air Raid Precautions Committee was set up in the United Kingdom. For several years, little progress was made with shelters because of the apparently irreconcilable conflict between the need to send the public underground for shelter and the need to keep them above ground for protection against gas attacks. In February 1936 the Home Secretary appointed a technical Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack. By November 1937, there had only been slow progress, because of a serious lack of data on which to base any design recommendations, and the Committee proposed that the Home Office should have its own department for research into structural precautions, rather than relying on research work done by the Bombing Test Committee to support the development of bomb design and strategy. This proposal was eventually implemented in January 1939.[1]

During the Munich crisis, local authorities dug trenches to provide shelter. After the crisis, the British Government decided to make these a permanent feature, with a standard design of precast concrete trench lining. Unfortunately these turned out to perform very poorly. They also decided to issue free to poorer households the Anderson shelter (see below), and to provide steel props to create shelters in suitable basements (Baker 1978).

pellet stoves
Ringding
Back to top Go down
 
Prior to World War II
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1
 Similar topics
-
» Cricket World Cup and World Cup Tickets
» THE WORLD THIS WEEK
» THE WORLD THIS WEEK
»  WORLD THIS WEEK
» Little League World Series

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Madden 10 League :: League Headquarters :: League Talk-
Jump to: