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landlord28

Posted 7.25PM
Sun 27 May 2007

Dover castles secret war time tunnels are an important part of english history. From the nepoleonic to the 1960's. Operation Dynamo was planned here which was co-ordinated by Admiral Ramsey small boats rushed to Dunkirk and carried out the evacuation rescuing over 300.000 stranded allied trops. In 1941 more levels where put into operationb Annex a field hospital and Dorms and DUMPY and comine forces operation center. In the 1960's after the cuba missle crisis, the lower level DUMPY was converted to an underground nuclear bunker and regional seat of goverment for the protection of nuclear war. Having had the privilage of working here in my teens this place will always have a special

 
 

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