blackout patrol

German translation: Verdunklungspatrouillen

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English term or phrase:blackout patrol
German translation:Verdunklungspatrouillen
Entered by: Andrea Wurth

16:01 Jan 27, 2020
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English term or phrase: blackout patrol
Es geht um Motorradfahrerinnen eines weiblichen Motorrad-Clubs während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Amerika. Sie arbeiteten ehrenamtlich in der Zivilverteidigung. Der Satz lautet:

"They ran ***blackout patrols*** and were ready to volunteer for dispatch riding if the war were to spread to American shores"

Um was genau handelt es sich beim eingesternten Teil ? Kann mir nicht viel darunter vorstellen, außer Fahrten im Dunkeln????
Andrea Wurth
Germany
Local time: 22:58
Verdunklungspatrouillen/Kontrollen zur Verdunklung
Explanation:
ich vermute, es geht darum, dass diese Motorradfahrerinnen kontrollieren sollten, ob, falls erforderlich, die Verdunklungsvorschriften eingehalten wurden
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Expertlang
Local time: 22:58
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Vielen Dank.
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3 +3Verdunklungspatrouillen/Kontrollen zur Verdunklung
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Verdunklungspatrouillen/Kontrollen zur Verdunklung


Explanation:
ich vermute, es geht darum, dass diese Motorradfahrerinnen kontrollieren sollten, ob, falls erforderlich, die Verdunklungsvorschriften eingehalten wurden

Expertlang
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Vielen Dank.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Das macht Sinn - na immerhin war ich auf der richtigen Fährte. Vielen Dank.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: https://archive.org/stream/America_In_WWII_February_2016/Ame...
30 mins
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agree  gofink
1 hr
  -> danke

agree  Steffen Walter
14 hrs
  -> danke

neutral  Rolf Keller: Aber nicht Kontrollen ZUR Verdunkelung
15 hrs
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