Nuclear War in the UK

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Sharing Britain's plans for a nuclear war that never happened. Posts by Taras Young, author of "Nuclear War in the UK" (2019) and "Apocalypse Ready" (2022). 💥 Buy the book! https://amzn.to/412X4Ji 💣 https://coldwar.org.uk/

A man in a uniform stands on top of a half-completed Royal Observer Corps monitoring post bunker. He's leaning against the ventilation shaft, which is yet to be buried. There's excavated earth and chalk all around. The photo looks to be from the early 1960s.
A cheese on the dinner table called BLACK CROWDIE
Cover sheet of a document entitled 'Tanzania People Defence Force - Supply of Books - Invitattion for Tender'. It shows that 3 copies of my book 'Nuclear War in the UK' are required.
Raymond Briggs's nuclear horror graphic novel "When The Wind Blows" on a shelf next to books about pirates and witches
A newspaper article showing a family wearing full protective gear against nuclear attack.
A newspaper article from the 1980s captioned 'The Warning - Four minutes, but there won't be time to tell YOU'.
A 1980s photo of a Bentall Simplex fallout shelter being installed in the ground.
An advertisement for a fallout shelter which reads 'How the Bentall Simplex Shelter secures your family's future'.
A booklet titled 'Hull and the Bomb', showing a painting of a mushroom cloud over Hull, in graphic detail.
A map of the UK divided up into administrative regions
The cover of a folder marked ESCC War Emergency Scheme.
A newspaper layout showing instructions on what to do in the event of nuclear attack
Cover of Protect and Survive booklet, showing an icon of a family enclosed by a circle
Magazine article titled 'Surviving a Nuclear Strike', with a photo of a soldier wearing a gas mask
A picture from the UK government leaflet 'Protect and Survive', showing a man creating a rubbish fallout shelter from a table.