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Originally Posted by major_setback
BTW. I asked my mother a while ago (she lived through the Blitz in Birmingham). She said the blackout was at all times, not just during air raids. Everyone had to either turn light off, make linings for curtains so they would totally keep out the lights, or be in a room that had no windows. Always.
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That is why flash lights were essential to get around town after night fall.
Btw, is it true that all road signs in the countryside were removed as a precaution (with the knowledge of the planed Seeloewe landings) to hinder German troops to find their way?