Churchill War Rooms Map Room
Visit churchill war rooms part of imperial war museums to discover the original cabinet war rooms the underground headquarters that sheltered churchill and his wartime government during the blitz.
Churchill war rooms map room. The cabinet war rooms were the nerve centre of winston churchill s 1940 to 1945 wartime government. Churchill war rooms part of imperial war museums iwm includes the original cabinet war rooms the wartime bunker which sheltered churchill and his staff during the blitz. Today visitors can explore the underground headquarters for themselves see where churchill and his war cabinet. Life in churchill s bunker.
In late summer 1943 a small storeroom on the main corridor of churchill s war rooms was fitted with a new door. The war rooms contained four separate areas churchill s bedroom and study the main telephone room the map room pictured as it is seen today and the cabinet room. History was made in churchill war rooms the underground nerve centre that allowed britain s leaders to plot the allied route to victory during the second world war. Step back in time and walk the top secret corridors of the cabinet war rooms.
They are open daily and. Churchill s war cabinet met here 115 times most often during the blitz and the later german v weapon offensive. Explore the historic rooms that once buzzed with strategies and secrets and also visit the interactive churchill museum. It sported a lavatory style lock and its appearance explained the construction work that had been going on in the room for the previous couple of months.
Here writing for history extra asbury explores the lesser known history of churchill s war rooms. These historic rooms once buzzed with planning and plotting strategies and secrets. Adapted from the basement of the new public offices building in whitehall now used by hm treasury the underground maze of rooms and corridors provided a safe meeting place for the war cabinet.