SZ/OEMU/58/3/3/29 - Mass Raids. An appreciation of civil defence under altered conditions of enemy action, 9/10/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/58/3/3/29

Level of description

Item

Title

Mass Raids. An appreciation of civil defence under altered conditions of enemy action, 9/10/42

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

7 leaves

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British -- Sources
Civil defence Planning -- United Kingdom.

Scope and content

Using the raid on Cologne and German civil defence reaction to the raid as a case study, the paper makes recommendations for improving British civil defence. The recommendations include finding an alternative to telephones as a means of vital communication, and making alternative arrangements regarding first aid posts which are inadequate to deal with mass raids.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/58 - [OEMU. Casualty Survey IV - General papers]
    - SZ/OEMU/58/3 - [OEMU. Casualty Survey IV - General papers. Reports and papers]
      - SZ/OEMU/58/3/3 - [Papers from Austin Bradford Hill]
        SZ/OEMU/58/3/3/29 - Mass Raids. An appreciation of civil defence under altered conditions of enemy action, 9/10/42

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