Royal Navy warships HMS Ladybird, Terror & Aphis are bombarding Italian forces on the shore- ready for a frontal assault by Allied tanks. https://t.co/t6UH7lA8aN
Allies in Egypt have taken 4000 prisoners in 12 hours- many of them Libyans forcibly enlisted by Italian occupiers, eager to surrender. https://t.co/fO2HbAT887
Operation Compass begins with an early victory: Indian & British troops have captured two fortified Italian camps in Egypt, killing or capturing 3000 soldiers. https://t.co/YMyQm3iJHZ
Wavell's 30,000 troops- & 265 British Matilda tanks- will strike from the Egyptian desert at dawn, hoping to blindside Italians who are guarding the Mediterranean coast road. https://t.co/9YjtCR0tJh
As the year draws to a close UK PM Winston Churchill writes to US President Roosevelt, reviewing "prospects for 1941" & tacitly begging for more American aid: https://t.co/tal1sLcctA
Allied forces hiding in no-man's land of the Egyptian desert; windscreens removed from vehicles so no Italian reconnaissance will spot tell-tale sun-glare. https://t.co/0WHvKI8X3r
In Egypt, 30,000 British & Commonwealth troops are advancing deep into the desert- ready for a surprise attack on Italian invaders. https://t.co/p2zZ9kI2L0
German occupiers of Poland release propaganda photos boasting of their oppression of Jews: Nazis shown rounding up "Jewish criminals" in Lublin. https://t.co/uSeAqHiMIL
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FollowVisit August 2015
Bank holiday saw another visit to photograph the bunker. Mold continues to run riot, causing damage to the wall boards.
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- Main Stairs
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- Corridor
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- Plant Room
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- Plant Room
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- Plant Room
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- Plotting room
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- Plotting room viewing gallery
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- Corridor with stairs
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- Lower corridor – showing damage from damp
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- Plotting room showing where tote boards should be
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- Plotting room
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- Plotting room
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- corridor and stairs
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- Phone booth room – very mouldy
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- Battery room.
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- Rear lower corridor
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- Mouldy room
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- Plotting room with rusty safe
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- Synchronome slave clock – still works!
- Popped in this Sunday to check the dehumidifiers and decided to have a quick look at the pile of rubbish in the to… https://t.co/NCT130O8jr
- Another Sunday another clean up session and a bit of door sliding. Once again the Vacmaster donated by… https://t.co/giF5OZfChn
- Check out these before and after pics - mould removed using the Vacmaster kindly donated by https://t.co/mzFJd43Pn7… https://t.co/b6vdWZxoia
- Took some more photos of the elusive name in the floor - the one that's almost but not quite legible. Used a torch… https://t.co/ftHWc2K7lE
- Last week the nice people at https://t.co/mzFJd43Pn7 donated a wet and dry vac and some air movers to the bunker. I… https://t.co/tZv3v1QJRO