World War II bunker
Subtitle: the Cabinet War Rooms
By: Gillian Clements
Series: Building history
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9780749679132
Subjects: Politics and government; Great Britain. Cabinet Office; Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945; Bunkers (Fortification); Juvenile literature; History
Description: Imagine building an underground bunker to protect you from bombs, and then running a country from there. A behind-the-scenes look at what went on in the War Rooms.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is a bunker?; title: Why did Britain fight in the war?; title: Who needed protection?; title: What were the War Rooms like?; title: What happened in the Rooms?; title: What was it like for the staff?; title: How did they follow the war?; title: How did people communicate?; title: How did the war change life?; title: Where else did people take shelter?; title: How did the war end?