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WWII Command Bunker in Dover Cliffs Opens to the Public

The Guardian · 12h ago · 1 view
WWII Command Bunker in Dover Cliffs Opens to the Public

A secret second world war plotting room buried deep in the white cliffs of Dover is opening to the public for the first time. The bunker housed a pioneering computer system ordered by Winston Churchill to target German ships.

A secret second world war command bunker buried four metres deep in the white cliffs of Dover is finally opening to the public. The Fan Bay plotting room was ordered by Winston Churchill in July 1940 to help defend Britain and attack German ships passing through the Channel. The bunker housed an electromechanical computer that acted as a targeting system for a gun battery. Mothballed in 1957 and classified until 1981, the site was rediscovered in 2017 and is now considered a unique piece of hidden history.
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