Churchill's Bunker: The Cabinet War Rooms and the Culture of Secrecy in Wartime London
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300177488 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yet he was not working deep in a distant forest or hidden in a walled-off suburb: he was in the very heart of the capital, within sight of Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. Here was the Map Room that charted the advances and retreats of armies, the locations of warships and the often painful progress of the convoys that kept the nation supplied. And he did just that, as the distinguished Churchill biographer Richard Holmes explains in the first history of the Cabinet War Rooms. Built in 1938 as a temporary refuge in case of air raid attack, this secret bunker became a second home to Churchill - and to large numbers of military personnel and civil servants whose work until now has been largely unsung. Here the planners worked on future operati
He is professor of military and security studies at Cranfield University and the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and he was general editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History.. Richard Holmes is one of Britain’s most distinguished historians
They never surrendered wogan Churchill's Bunker was not just an underground shelter, it was the guiding heart of the British war effort. Of course the man who drove that heart was Churchill. The tales of many of Churchill's foibles and idiosyncrasies are told, as well as others involved in this effort. The story of the role of civilian women is also included.Richard Holmes is a British historian who one can tell has. Excellent account Labas Have been to the war rooms, but did not fully appreciate their use and role. This book is packed with historical information about the war rooms and also provides mini-biographies of the personalities that inhabited them. Very interesting read.. The best book on Churchill and his war room This is by far the best book on where Churchill spent much of the war - in the Cabinet Office War Rooms under the streets of London. This is now part of the Imperial War Museum and can be visited by those interested to see where Churchill made some of the key decisions that rescued Britain from Nazism in 19The best book on Churchill and his war room C. Catherwood This is by far the best book on where Churchill spent much of the war - in the Cabinet Office War Rooms under the streets of London. This is now part of the Imperial War Museum and can be visited by those interested to see where Churchill made some of the key decisions that rescued Britain from Nazism in 1940-1941. This is an absolute must for Churchill buffs everywhere: buy it and then . 0-19The best book on Churchill and his war room C. Catherwood This is by far the best book on where Churchill spent much of the war - in the Cabinet Office War Rooms under the streets of London. This is now part of the Imperial War Museum and can be visited by those interested to see where Churchill made some of the key decisions that rescued Britain from Nazism in 1940-1941. This is an absolute must for Churchill buffs everywhere: buy it and then . 1. This is an absolute must for Churchill buffs everywhere: buy it and then
'Richard Holmes's Churchill's Bunker is a bright and fascinating new book devoted to where and how Churchill often lived and ruled during the first years of the war. Bright, because it illuminates, literally, the underground warren of sunless rooms where Churchill's staff functioned below blackened London streets. 'Loads of people will love this book it is imbued with Richard Holmes's passion for the period' Margaret Forster." . Fascinating, because both the origins and the conditions of this subterranea