WWII Wednesday: Surviving the Bombs

WWII was fraught with bombings as evidenced by the massive destruction in major cities across the continent and of course, in London.

Moscow Metro Tunnel
Moscow Metro Tunnel

When we lived in Moscow I had the opportunity to use the Metro daily. Each quick trip to a market or museum was steeped in WWII history, as the Moscow Metro was used as a bomb shelter during WWII.

The Moscow Metro is its own museum
The Moscow Metro is its own museum

It isn’t hard to imagine masses of people huddled in these tunnels, hoping they’d survive, that their homes would still be there when they crawled out.