Churchill War Rooms
Underground WWII command bunker where Churchill's war cabinet met and the Map Room ran without pause for six years.
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This guide to the Churchill War Rooms walks through the underground Map Room that ran without pause from 1939 to 1945, and Churchill's carpeted bedroom nearby, kept ready even though he rarely slept there. It traces the hidden scrambled telephone line installed in 1943 that linked this bunker to the Pentagon. Look for the claw marks Churchill's own hands left in a wooden chair armrest.
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