Inside the secret tunnels of the White Cliffs of Dover

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An incredible labyrinth of forgotten Second World War tunnels built beneath the White Cliffs of Dover will reopen to the public today for the first time in 40 years.


The Fan Bay Deep Shelter was carved out of chalk in just 100 days in the 1940s as part of Dover’s connected gun battery armaments aimed at foiling Nazi shipping movements in the Channel.


After remaining bricked up for more than 40 years, it will open to the public today following an 18-month project and 3,000 man hours of restoration work.


www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3167510/Secret-network-tunnels-constructed-White-Cliffs-Dover-help-stop-German-ships-moving-freely-Channel-World-War-II-reopens-public-time-40-years.html

[yanmacca]

Nice link Chris, funny enough I watched a short BBC film on this early today on the breakfast news. I wish they could have kept the 6in gun emplacements along with the guns themselves, it would show both ends of the spectrum, the underground and the surface facilities.

Yan.

[deadwoodgultch]

Off Topic here, but still WWII related, what does anyone know about the "Fighting 30th Division" and why did they call themselves "Roosevelt's SS"

30thinfantry.org/graphics/patch.gif

Regards,
Tom

[dave]

There is a kindle edition of The Fighting 30th Division: They Called Them Roosevelt's SS for $1.99 on the Amazon thread listed below. Seems like a good buy and a interesting read about brave men.
Regards
Dave

www.amazon.com/The-Fighting-30th-Division-Roosevelts-ebook/dp/B00ZVEX74Q

[dave]

I just had to play Vera Lynn singing "The White Cliffs Of Dover" while viewing the article about the tunnels in Dover. What a fantastic voice and such a moving song for the Brits at a difficult time.
Regards
Dave

[Beth]

Really interesting link! It is interesting to see the tunnels but the thing that really caught my attention was the 'sound mirror.'  Sound mirrors