Second world war ‘brain’ bunker in cliffs of Dover opens to public
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.
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- The Fan Bay plotting room, which is encased in concrete, housed the first land-based computer-aided targeting system.
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.
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