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  2. Operation Catechism - Wikipedia

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    Tirpitz ' s air raid siren was sounded at 8:51 am, and Weber informed the ship's crew seven minutes later that an attack was possible. [49] At around 9:15 am BST, Tirpitz contacted Bardufoss to request that fighters be dispatched to provide air cover. This was too late for any of the fighters to reach Tromsø before the bombers arrived. [50]

  3. Siren Tour - Wikipedia

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    A Siren Tour was a night-time mission by the RAF Bomber Command, mostly in northern Cambridgeshire, involving three or four two-engined fast bomber aircraft, to set the German air-raid sirens off in the middle of the night, so waking up the whole German town at three o'clock in the morning.

  4. List of civil defense sirens - Wikipedia

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    Chrysler Air-Raid Siren; Sentry Siren; SiraTone This page was last edited on 5 August 2024, at 16:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

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  6. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    These sirens, mostly built by Carter, Gents, Castle Castings, and Secomak (now Klaxon Signal Co.), have 10 and 12 ports to create a minor third interval (B ♭ and D ♭ notes) and are probably the world's most recognised World War II air raid siren sound. Recordings of British sirens are often dubbed into movies set in countries which never ...

  7. Booms and sirens in Israel after Iran launches over 200 ...

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    Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the ...

  8. Bombing of Leipzig in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Between 3:50 AM and 4:25 AM, 442 bombers dropped a total amount of almost 1400 tons of explosives and fire bombs. At 3:39 AM, the air raid warning had been raised, with the all-clear following at 5:39 AM. In the city centre, where the buildings were densely crowded, the air raid caused a firestorm. Hans Rumpf, the general inspector of fire ...

  9. Germany retests its emergency warning system but Berlin's ...

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    The latest “warning day” was conducted after an embarrassing flop in 2020, when the country held its first such test in 30 years and many civil defense sirens around Germany didn't go off.