Children and some women were evacuated from the big cities into the countryside. People carried gas masks to protect themselves and built air raid shelters . All windows and doors were blacked out. Some people also hid in the underground stations and even slept, ate and stayed there; they were provided with food and babies had to sleep in draws.
They used aerial covers
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The main way civilians protected themselves during WWII was by building bomb shelters.
In most cases in Britain there was no way to protect homes.
Yes, they were drafted to protect or attack countries.
Because it was an attracting way to get people in the Army!
The glass would be less likely to shatter from the concussion of bomb blasts nearby.
The messages of the World War 2 posters were to encourage the people in America to support the war. They were told to keep war secrets to themselves, to conserve the resources needed for the war and to buy US savings bonds.