Churchill's underground bunker full tour, secret room included

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  • A private WC that people thought was Churchill's bathroom included instead a high-tech telephone boot to call the US Presidents during the war (Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Harry S. Truman). Go here to check it out: 12:30
    During the Second World War, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet went underground to continue meeting and planning the war effort. A maze of tiny bunker rooms still sits beneath what is now the Treasury building.
    Inside what everyone believed was Churchill’s private toilet was a custom-encrypted telephone (provided by Bell labs called SIGSALY or Green Hornet) that connected the prime minister directly to the US president, wrapping their voices in white noise (only the receiver knew the frequency in order to decode it and get a clear voice).
    The Cabinet War Rooms became fully operational on 27 August 1939, a week before Britain declared war on Germany, but Churchill wasn’t interested in going underground until Germany’s Blitz bombing offensive began in September 1940.
    Once 10 Downing Street was bombed, he convinced even his cook (whose kitchen was hit) to go below ground. “Churchill’s War Cabinet met here 115 times, most often during the Blitz and the later German V-weapon offensive,” explains the Imperial War Rooms website.
    “The Cabinet War Rooms were in use 24 hours a day until 16 August 1945, when the lights were turned off in the Map Room for the first time in six years.”
    The rooms have been preserved or reconstructed with such fidelity that it's rumored Tom Cruise will be moving in to prepare for the next filming of Mission: Impossible.
    Churchill War Rooms: www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchi...
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  • @Gadgetmumma
    @Gadgetmumma ปีที่แล้ว +59

    As a bricklayer, my dad worked on Churchill’s bunker during the war. My mum told me this about 15 years ago. (She turns 100 in two weeks.) My dad died in 1961 at age 42 from asbestosis. He was also tasked with rebuilding those bombed during the blitz.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh, you have a family connection to this amazing place! I visited the bunker around ten years ago, it is truly fascinating!.

  • @sunspot42
    @sunspot42 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    SIGSALY, the computer system that scrambled communications between Roosevelt and Churchill, was a massive technological breakthrough. It was the first time pulse code modulation was used to transmit audio data, a fundamental technology that’s still in use today on CDs and streaming audio over the Internet. The computer was massive and housed offsite in the basement of the nearby Selfridges department store.
    After the war, it was discovered that the Nazis had intercepted SIGSALY signals, and couldn’t determine what they were. They thought it might be some kind of telegraph. They had no idea it was a voice communication system or how to decode it.

  • @jlurenzjr
    @jlurenzjr ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The woman giving this tour is fantastic. She’s so good at describing what we are seeing and she seems very excited and happy to do it. Really cool. Thank you!

  • @libertyblueskyes2564
    @libertyblueskyes2564 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Kirsten, this is incredible. Thank you.

  • @scottallpress3818
    @scottallpress3818 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What a brilliant tour , but the guide makes it . Very informative and well spoken . Thanks

  • @marymack4105
    @marymack4105 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This was fascinating. And what an awesome tour guide.

  • @Britbabe53
    @Britbabe53 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Fascinating video. As a Brit living in Canada, I often think that as a generation, we owe our lives to Churchill. I know he is often vilified by many, but I know a lot of us wouldn't be here without his sheer grit and determination to guide the British people out of that war.

    • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
      @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He was definitely the right guy .. at the right time.

    • @phil6506
      @phil6506 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What would Churchill have thought of your present day prime minister ? He would have probably said lets forget it, their going to to give up their freedom anyway.

    • @andriandrason1318
      @andriandrason1318 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@phil6506 Don't know about that, but He would most definitely think you where a featherbrained, ignoramus individual.

    • @zeitgeistx5239
      @zeitgeistx5239 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol as the dead Bengalis.

    • @phil6506
      @phil6506 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andriandrason1318 Typical lefty, too low an intellect to put forward an intelligent reply, just attack on a personal level.

  • @victoriasanchez1111
    @victoriasanchez1111 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What a delightful surprise! Thank You so much Kirsten I appreciate you so much! I am a Churchill nut Loved the old guy he was relentless. I've read and watched most every book and movie about him. Thanks for this rare treat!

    • @henrygingold6549
      @henrygingold6549 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you read, "Churchill: Struggle for Survival" by Charles Moran his doctor. It is wonderful and tells you so much more and at then end your admiration for him will increase 100 fold.

    • @victoriasanchez1111
      @victoriasanchez1111 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@henrygingold6549 Thank You Henry!

  • @lissanne9769
    @lissanne9769 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This video is a good historical tour of the WW2 secret inner works. This was such a terrific place for working against the war with Germany and Hitler. I was very surprised by all of the well placed rooms. The meeting rooms, the radio room, and each of the specialized areas for working. It was probably not a nice place for sleeping or rest. Thank you for this wonderful tour.

    • @labla8940
      @labla8940 ปีที่แล้ว

      I goita say that the movie nailed it perfectly

    • @BenWeeks
      @BenWeeks ปีที่แล้ว

      It is amazing to obsserve the similarities and differences between this and the Fuhrer bunker. I also am curious as to what the detectives role was for Churchill.

  • @henryj.8528
    @henryj.8528 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Visited Churchill's War Rooms this summer. Very interesting. However, I also visited Western Approaches in Liverpool. That operation which ran the Battle of the Atlantic against the U-boats was basically shuttered in 1945 and not reopened until the 80s or 90s. Lots of stuff, still on desks where people left it when the war ended.

  • @HLR4th
    @HLR4th ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Scary that the "bomb shelter" was just a basement. Thank you for sharing.

    • @Jeromeeb
      @Jeromeeb ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Honestly with the technology of the day it might have been all that was needed 🤷.

    • @john_smith1471
      @john_smith1471 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jeromeeb Bank and Sloane Square shallow sub-surface underground stations had direct hits and suffered total destruction, with much loss of life.

  • @markjohnson7488
    @markjohnson7488 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank you for this. I won't ever get to London to see this incredible piece of history in person so I am thankful for your efforts.

  • @mwmentor
    @mwmentor ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That was really interesting.. Thanks Kirsten - cool that you were taken into areas that the average member of the public wouldn't be invited. Very cool. Thaks for sharing and I am looking forward to your next video!! 👍🙂

  • @elizadances
    @elizadances ปีที่แล้ว +33

    One of the most fascinating places I had the pleasure to visit when in the UK, so great to see the War Rooms again. Thanks for taking us through them!

  • @lindanelson3092
    @lindanelson3092 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I had visited Churchill’s War Rooms summer of 1984 when it opened as a small self guided museum. Fun to revisit via your YT channel, as it has really expanded in size. Fascinating place!! Thank you!!

  • @jonthebru
    @jonthebru ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lovely work Kirsten. I wonder how many people these days know that Churchill held an American passport. and citizenship. His Mother was American. He was definitely the man for the job at the right time.

    • @henrygingold6549
      @henrygingold6549 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry but he held only one passport and that of the United Kingdom. His mother was indeed American and he could have claimed US nationality through her but never did. He travelled during the war on a diplomatic passport or sometimes a false one to fool spies although he was so recognisable it's had to see how he could be mistaken for someone else.

  • @Brendissimo1
    @Brendissimo1 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks for this! I visited the war rooms as a teenager in the 2000s but I didn't get to see a couple of the areas as closely as you did and didn't have a guide, so this was great!

  • @bonnieo452
    @bonnieo452 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I loved learning about this. Thank you for filming and for the tour.

  • @3generations393
    @3generations393 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fascinating! Thank you for such great coverage.

  • @dilihopa
    @dilihopa ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was very interesting. Both my parents survived the blitz. Many sad and somber stories were told. Lest we forget.

  • @alanaldpal950
    @alanaldpal950 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I very much liked this and hope you will do more tours/videos of other historical buildings/locations.

  • @jamiehicks3533
    @jamiehicks3533 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Absolutely fabulous! I love nearly all of your videos, this is a bit of a departure from the norm but wonderfully done. What an extraordinary time with an extraordinary leader. Thank you!

  • @marthareyes4024
    @marthareyes4024 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Interesting.
    Love History.
    We have a Churchill museum and part of the Berlin Wall that came down, here in Fulton, Missouri. Also, the church that was bombed, was transported here and reassembled. It is beautiful.
    Churchill gave a speech here.
    Located on the Westminster college campus.
    * comprises three elements: the Church of St Mary Aldermanbury, the museum itself, and the Breakthrough sculpture.

  • @SillyPutty3700
    @SillyPutty3700 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    18:58 The reason the phones didn't have dials is not because they were a "direct line" it is because when you picked up the phone it went to an operator that routed the call to where ever you told her to

    • @john_smith1471
      @john_smith1471 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes our phone at home was on a manual exchange, no dial we picked up the handset and waited for the operator to say ‘number please’ same with the red public telephone kiosks.

    • @sw6188
      @sw6188 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are correct that back then, calls were routed through operators and as a result the phones didn't need or have dials. However, telephones like this with no dials were also used for direct-line connections - where the phone only connected to one other distant phone - effectively an intercom. Picking up the phone at one end would cause the phone at the other end to ring, and the receiving party would pick up. It is more likely in this instance that these phones were used for direct-line applications given the nature of the place they are in, as well as the fact that there are multiple phones - if calls were being routed through an operator you would only need one phone.

  • @incandesantlite
    @incandesantlite ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I visited this place in 2008 and they have done a lot of great work on making it even better! So many magnificent updates! I hope to return some day soon!

  • @ronaldgarnes8809
    @ronaldgarnes8809 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fascinating, Thank You and Thank the lady who was the guide for such a wonderful look back at one of the most critical times in history.

  • @jenelllorman1448
    @jenelllorman1448 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea this existed. The person whom gave the tour was a wonderful guide.

  • @ycc247
    @ycc247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a really great tour of the bunker. Very informative, fascinating in fact. Thank you

  • @M0M0F2P0Ms
    @M0M0F2P0Ms ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HIGHLY recommend this if you're looking for something cool to do in London. Thanks for taking us behind the scenes, I didn't notice a lot of this stuff when I was there because it was a self-guided walk through. Great tour!

  • @jonchalk3855
    @jonchalk3855 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great episode. History is also important. Especially nowadays. I heard about Churchill's Bunker, but I never seen it before. The tour guide was very knowledgeable in her historical facts.

  • @Sasha-jk6wo
    @Sasha-jk6wo ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That was really really interesting to see that place. It's hard to imagine the stress and anxiety that everyone must have felt while working there.

  • @joysmith1213
    @joysmith1213 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The tour guide is so eloquent in her descriptions of the underground war rooms. Amazing what the United Kingdom had to go thru. Can't imagine having to live with bombs going off here in the States. What a fight against evil.

    • @Janmification
      @Janmification ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My husband was a war baby and the shock from a bomb falling near by blew his cot into a cupboard and the door shut behind him.

    • @andrewjones-productions
      @andrewjones-productions ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You will find that the entire United Kingdom, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland went through this war too. Not just England. 😡

    • @joysmith1213
      @joysmith1213 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@andrewjones-productions I'm sorry, i meant United Kingdom, I get my countries mixed up over there, so i corrected it😵‍💫

    • @capmarketer5038
      @capmarketer5038 ปีที่แล้ว

      Iraqi's or a number of countries subject to Western bombs and evil BS can imagine it easily

    • @andrewpriester6994
      @andrewpriester6994 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@capmarketer5038 Oh please 🙄

  • @miketackabery7521
    @miketackabery7521 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was a marvelous tour! Thank you for it!

  • @elaineparker2681
    @elaineparker2681 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing this.

  • @jamesthackeray7421
    @jamesthackeray7421 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think it is fantastic they have preserved this for younger people to see keep up the good work with the videos much appreciated from me a military buff👍😉

  • @andrewpriester6994
    @andrewpriester6994 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My parents & I got to visit Churchill’s Bunker in 2007 on our last day of our European vacation
    It was amazing to see all of that stuff & see what it was like during WW2 in the UK, we admire Winston Churchill very much
    We love history
    It was a treat

  • @peterxyz3541
    @peterxyz3541 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Churchill, I want to see his steak dinners, win bottles and cigar ash tray. 😂. Fascinating

  • @bernardobonixe6873
    @bernardobonixe6873 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome video as always. Loved the way you ended the video with "frozen in time", just perfect

  • @RockPhonic
    @RockPhonic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Great video. Fasinating stuff, learnt a lot. Plus the woman giving the tour and explaing the history was great!!

  • @tiogoala7654
    @tiogoala7654 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was an incredible tour! Thank you so much for taking us there.

  • @cynmalin5728
    @cynmalin5728 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    this is a public museum i highly recommend visiting. i met people there who survived the Blitz. my dad served in the pacific as a radio man whom i learned from to have a healthy respect for WWII & the British war effort. the guide mentions the Enigma Code which was made into the Benedict Cumberbatch movie about Alan Turing. when France fell & the US had not entered the war, Britain was all alone against Germany & did everything they could w/ the resources they had to more than survive. the politics were not pretty. probably as many arguments as we have now in congress on how to solve issues. the pressure of knowing that the decisions you make meant life & death for your own citizens.

  • @richardsimms251
    @richardsimms251 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have seen this with my family. Wonderful site to see. Great video. Thank you. RS. Canada

  • @ivoted7199
    @ivoted7199 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Kristen, you really get around and you have outdone yourself on this one... 👍

  • @barbarabauling7513
    @barbarabauling7513 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lovely tour of the War Rooms, The guide was tremendous, although she didn't mention the significance of the 'windy' weather slide, (7:20) which was only used when air-raids were in progress upstairs. British humour at its best, :)

  • @TeamFish15
    @TeamFish15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most fascinating docs I’ve seen on YT! Well done!!

  • @kendramiller1830
    @kendramiller1830 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This reminded me of Definbunker, it's a bunker build near Ottawa for the cold war. The war room, the old maps, the disconcerting separation from time and weather is fascinating. The Definbunker was built later 50~ so they have an early example of a computer and the style was very atomic 50s. Really neat and thank you for sharing. If I ever get to go to the UK, I'd love to check it out. If any of you are in Ottawa Canada, you should visit Definbunker, it is huge and super cool.

  • @DavGreg
    @DavGreg ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for an amazing tour. Not sure if the guide is one of the regular guides, but she is very good.

  • @wildbill23c
    @wildbill23c ปีที่แล้ว

    This was an extremely interesting mini-documentary...could have watched and listened for hours about this. Thank you for sharing with us.

  • @davidimhoff2118
    @davidimhoff2118 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've seen a video of some of this but this video is well documented. This guide is awesomely knowledgeable. I actually appreciate her telling all the stories and not being asked too many questions. It kinda would make it Moreno hectic to follow. So I appreciate it. I do like questions lol but I live in the United States so I just enjoy her talking. She's very intriguing.

  • @kathleenchapman1343
    @kathleenchapman1343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear Kristen, I love all of your videos and explorations, but honestly this was fascinating. I'm going to watch it again.

  • @maryhall4074
    @maryhall4074 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! What fascinating history. Showing the actual historical area where non of us watching your video right now could imagine how and where managing a war happened. Thank you for this video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. ❤️ Mary Hall from the USA. I would certainly welcome more videos like this one.

  • @pattin4015
    @pattin4015 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This history is a reminder how much "high tech' can change in 70+ years. What a world the next 70 years might bring (if we survive it) is probably beyond our wildest dreams and imagination. Thanks for this - it was so interesting!

    • @Drewsky840
      @Drewsky840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jackdotblue agreed

  • @golden50snomad52
    @golden50snomad52 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How absolutely interesting. The mannequins are downright creepy images! Kudos for voyaging down there to document all of this for us.

  • @waynester71
    @waynester71 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a Brit with a huge passion and interest in all matters relating to WWII, particularly the history of the RAF, I find this stuff fascinating!
    I have always wanted to work or be a curator in an historic place such as this. I did apply some years ago to volunteer at Duxford Air Museum.. Excellent video.

  • @cherylsemrau7100
    @cherylsemrau7100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this most informative video. So much information. Well done to the tour guide. Greetings from Canada.

    • @kirstendirksen
      @kirstendirksen  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree that Kate was a great tour guide. She was able to relay her knowledge in such a personable way. It was a fun morning.

  • @danielraiter
    @danielraiter ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic, what a wonderful video, thank you!

  • @salty6pence672
    @salty6pence672 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have done it again, Amazing video.

  • @macdansav1546
    @macdansav1546 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a brilliant post. Thanks for the amazing tour! I'd love to visit one day.

  • @MrDellasc
    @MrDellasc ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We were able to visit the bunker in 2017. It’s simply amazing. As soon as the war was over in Europe, they closed shop so to speak and left everything as it was. My kids were in middle school and high school at the time. Both were able to use the experience they had in world history when they had to write an essay on the Battle of Britain.

  • @bonjourtoi3894
    @bonjourtoi3894 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Londres, quelle magnifique ville et un très beau pays. J'économise mes sous et je compte bien aller y faire un séjour. C'est mon souhait. J'adore l'Angleterre. Merci pour la visite.

  • @mummificationpls
    @mummificationpls ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for that tour. I have not made it to London but when I do I will visit this place for sure.

  • @geraldinefields1730
    @geraldinefields1730 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great tour of historicsl event. Thank you.

  • @lancedaniels
    @lancedaniels ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for posting and sharing. Very interesting to hear about this building.

  • @michaelwatson6966
    @michaelwatson6966 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful! Thank you so much for the tour!

  • @306champion
    @306champion ปีที่แล้ว

    6:00 Cigar smoke! Beautiful, I recon I could work in that all day and love it.
    Great video and thank you.
    PS, Oh how I miss a good cigar but you need an oilwell to afford one these days.

  • @doktorzappergeck492
    @doktorzappergeck492 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is no toilet in the alleged toilet of Churchill, so he had to use another one. I don't think this would have been unnoticed.

  • @robertfallows1054
    @robertfallows1054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super interesting. Really gives you the perspective. The height of technology of 1940s vs now. Crazy!!

  • @terry94131
    @terry94131 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've been on this tour, and if you are in London, it is well worth taking the time.

  • @SuperJohnnyO
    @SuperJohnnyO ปีที่แล้ว

    I visited the Secret Wartime Tunnels at Dover Castle in 2019, and - WOW! So much history! I was blown away! Churchill's personal bunker looks just as fascinating! Thanks for posting!

  • @aliharriman
    @aliharriman ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow, I can’t begin to imagine what it was like for folks in Europe and the U.K. during the 2nd World War. I’ve read some real horror stories of how bad it sometimes got for ordinary people in the civilian air raid shelters. That “bunker” looks positively luxurious by comparison. The tour guide is outstanding too.

    • @henrygingold6549
      @henrygingold6549 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A lot of people got really creative with their shelters. My grandparents whose shelter was in the basement of a large tenement, managed to get the hold of some old bus/coach seats and painted the walls gloss green. They also used spare carpets from other house and also had the lighting from the building too with Tilley lamp and candle back up. The also had primus stoves for heat. Of course, they never knew if they were going be able get out and this was reinforced by the fact that after one night of the Blitz they emerged to discover that a landmine (parachute mine) had fallen around the corner and most of the street was gone together with 200 people. The only survivors were a mother, her baby and the family dog. He toddler was dead without a single mark on him.

  • @janeingram7331
    @janeingram7331 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Churchill is my man of the century. I have his photo and a bronze bust of him in my bookcase, along with a whole shelf of books he wrote. I did visit the Cabinet Rooms about 15 years ago and visited his grave in Bladen about 30 times as I spent many of my Thanksgivings and Christmases at Woodstock, a mile away. Thanks for showing this. I'm amazed at the few people I know know so little about WWII. King Charles once said that only 47% of Brits know the history of WWii. Jane, Philadelphia

  • @free2bfree583
    @free2bfree583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Entertaining and educational video. Tour guide shares so much interesting and fun information. Thank you for sharing..

  • @mikemiller6483
    @mikemiller6483 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video! Thank you for sharing!

  • @peterfotopoulos8325
    @peterfotopoulos8325 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The gravy sauce burning and the kitchen burning down it created a lot of smoke

  • @Kim-lc3fv
    @Kim-lc3fv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very fascinating. I had just been in London right before this video was published. Now I know what I must try to see next time.

  • @58Barroco
    @58Barroco ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ¡Great video, thank you for sharing!

  • @celebrityrog
    @celebrityrog ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I hear bunker, I think of something at least a few levels underground, not just the basement first level or directly under the sidewalks. The bunker is fascinating however it may be and the ingenious designs, simple luxuries, trying to make it as tidy, well informed, organized and almost prim and proper is so unbelievably British. It makes me really appreciate the care that went into making this bunker as comfortable as possible in that also very British, keep calm and carry on type of mentality, just underground. To be honest, I wouldn't mind spending the night in a place like that.

    • @alidapurdy
      @alidapurdy ปีที่แล้ว

      When we think of bunkers today, we think of nuclear weaponry. That wasn't a thing at this point. This bunker was sufficient for the type of bombs used in the blitz. I was born post atomic bomb. So to me, this bunker is just a basement. To them, it was the perfect shelter.

    • @tomhenry897
      @tomhenry897 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t think the furher bunker was much deeper

    • @henrygingold6549
      @henrygingold6549 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were shored up with very thick RSJ (rigid steel joists) which were reckoned to be able to withstand a direct hit.

  • @elizabethmartineau-marshal341
    @elizabethmartineau-marshal341 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was lovely! Thank you.

  • @Jeromeeb
    @Jeromeeb ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video, cool stuff.

  • @jeffreysokal7264
    @jeffreysokal7264 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating. Thanks for the info on an aspect of WWII that hasn't been shown before. Great job!

  • @alexius23
    @alexius23 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been there. It was a fun tour. Well worth your time.

  • @marcjoseph6836
    @marcjoseph6836 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great video, fascinating! That's now on my to do list for this summer! Thanks guys!

  • @murraywagnon1841
    @murraywagnon1841 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was great!! The presenter was amazing!!

  • @dagwood1327
    @dagwood1327 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been a longtime subscriber. Love your work.

  • @totaltouring829
    @totaltouring829 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Excuse the pun, but am blown away by the stunning walkthrough narrated by the very , highly intelligent attractive woman. The detailed explanation she gave is the best I’ve ever seen on TH-cam. Absolutely wasted talent. She should have her own TV show.

    • @bluesoddity2094
      @bluesoddity2094 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed.

    • @TheMangazixy
      @TheMangazixy ปีที่แล้ว

      "attractive" is not necessary, she is doing her job not a photoshoot for a fashion book.

    • @bluesoddity2094
      @bluesoddity2094 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheMangazixy Not necessary but it doesn't hurt. WACKA WACKA 😀

  • @johnpatterson4272
    @johnpatterson4272 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video. Thank you so much.

  • @kokonana4086
    @kokonana4086 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love the efficiency of the entire place. Everything packed in just one tiny bunker. Really shows how Brits were very practical back then.

    • @jeffclark7888
      @jeffclark7888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jackdotblue hmmm…

    • @tomhenry897
      @tomhenry897 ปีที่แล้ว

      They converted a basement
      Like we knew how to build a bunker in WW2
      We weren’t being bombed

  • @glennda1939
    @glennda1939 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this! Very interesting!

  • @Chereese0808
    @Chereese0808 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting.
    Love this kind of stuff.
    The technology was better than expected.
    Thank you.

  • @StringerNews1
    @StringerNews1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very nice! FYI, SIGSALY was a digital phone system, so eavesdroppers didn't hear anything resembling a voice. From what I've read, the signal sounded like teletype traffic of the day. The odd-sounding voices were likely due to using vocoder technology to reduce the data rates, as conventional phone lines and modems of the day weren't capable of much. Quite an achievement back then, and now we carry far more sophisticated and wireless ones in our pockets.

    • @dachanist
      @dachanist ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brilliant

  • @Schultz-ko3ve
    @Schultz-ko3ve ปีที่แล้ว

    Visited London in 2014, the War Rooms was one of the highlights of the trip. Fascinating.

  • @capmarketer5038
    @capmarketer5038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your work! You should go see the recently discovered underground ancient city in Turkey!

  • @hankfacer7098
    @hankfacer7098 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an amazing tour. Thank You

  • @Nontacticalboy
    @Nontacticalboy ปีที่แล้ว

    Gorgeous tour guide.

  • @clovermark39
    @clovermark39 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing thanks for showing us these places.

  • @setsuro.splice
    @setsuro.splice ปีที่แล้ว

    was able to visit here in 2018 and I'm glad i did. I remember it started to rain a bit while queuing outside. Good times, good times X)

  • @chrisbgifford7387
    @chrisbgifford7387 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing history, great video.

  • @B747-4OO
    @B747-4OO ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting, thx for this video! Really excellent explanations of the lady guide! 👍

  • @SequoiaElisabeth
    @SequoiaElisabeth ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Almost as good as being there. Thanks for sharing.

  • @janebishop5885
    @janebishop5885 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So interesting and thought provoking with a guide who knows her subject and evokes a sense of awe and appreciation for the men and women of the times who were so dedicated and determined much like the Ukrainians, today.