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Cabinet War Rooms
It was in the Cabinet War Rooms, these underground, over-crowded, dingy and smoke-filled chambers, that Winston Churchill, his Cabinet and the heads of the armed services made decisions that led the Allies to victory in World War II.
It is unlikely that the enemy ever knew of the rooms as there is no mention of them in any German document. Have a look at the bank of telephones that relayed information about decisive events such as the fighter scores in the Battle of Britain. Wander around the map room where the advance of the battlefronts across Europe were charted.
There are also some unexpected sights - a hotline to the US President located in the toilet, and Churchill's bedroom where he would regularly work late into the night - he was even known to dictate whilst in the bath.
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- T G Raymondo wrote on 16 Apr 2007 at 07:08 PM
This historical site is pretty much exactly as it was during the Second World War. It is sufficiently modern for us to identify with the sitution that those who worked and lived here found themselves in. It is thus easy to transport yourself back 65 years, remind yourself of our recent history, put yourself in Churchills shoes, mull things over and perhaps bear in mind that if it were not for the events that occurred in this small, secret, very special place, our history would be very different.
Not just our recent history. Nazism would effectively have sanitised our ancient history, we might have lost some of the other historical sites that all we know and love and we would probably not be able to make these wonderfully indulgent history programmes.
Being able to immerse yourself in the history, virtually time-travel, is what makes this site much more special than any Castle, Palace or Cathedral. - Something to say? Add a comment...
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