![]() Mannequins are used to recreate the situation in the bunker, which I found very interesting. ![]() This room was used for meetings between military decision makers and even today many strategic maps from that time can be seen here. A lot of rooms, among them the staff quarters and also Churchill’s rooms, can be visited. Many details from history are highlighted here, fascinating especially for those interested in the history of World War II. Our visit to the museum was absolutely worthwhile. An audio guide is also available for free and is a great source of information. ![]() A visit to the Churchill’s War Room Museum was free with the London Pass. This room was not even known to all of the staff members and was concealed by a locked bathroom door. Its facilities included, for example, a top secret and supposedly bugproof telephone line between the British Prime Minister and the US President Roosevelt in the so-called Transatlantic Telephone Room. ![]() The bunker was completed and fully functional in time for the British participation in the Second World War. To be protected against possible air raids it was equipped with a concrete ceiling with a thickness of 3 metres as well as with additional supporting pillars. These rooms were only opened to the public in 1980.Ĭhurchill’s War Room was the secret command centre for the British military from 1939 to 1945 during the Second World War Construction of these rooms 15 metres underground was already begun in 1938. Just a few steps away from the Palace of Westminster, the British Parliament, is a very special museum, the “ Churchill War Room“. ![]()
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