Second world war ‘brain’ bunker in cliffs of Dover opens to public
The Guardian reports that a second world war command bunker buried four metres deep in the white cliffs of Dover, kept secret for decades, will open to the public from Friday. According to the outlet, the Fan Bay plotting room was ordered by Winston Churchill, is encased in concrete, and is entered via a hatch in a field. It controlled a gun battery used to attack German ships in the Channel and housed what the Guardian describes as the first land-based computer-aided targeting system.
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Second world war ‘brain’ bunker in cliffs of Dover opens to public
Hidden bunker, entered via a hatch in a field, controlled a gun battery used to attack German ships in Channel It has been kept secret for decades, buried four metres deep into the white cliffs of Dover. But from Friday, members of the public will finally be able to visit a pioneering command bunker that was ordered by Winston Churchill and proved a vital defence during the second world war. The Fan Bay plotting room , which is encased in concrete, housed the first land-based computer-aided targ
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