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Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA
That he did, but he sure as heck didn't make speeches from there. And it certainly wasn't mentioned. No one in government downplayed the risk, argued that black-out curtains were an illegal imposition and that being ordered into bomb shelters was a tyrannical attempt at controlling the populace.
Random aside: If you find yourself in London, go check out the Cabinet War Rooms. The original maps of the Atlantic where the convoys were plotted, the original rifle racks - if security was breached, the cabinet members planned on taking up the fight themselves - even the original "private bathroom for the PM" that was actually where the encrypted phone line to the US was terminated.
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Churchill generally made it speeches in the House of Commons and on the Radio.
I agree, and Churchill's speeches were all about the grave threat the country faced and how the country musy fight on to the end.
The Cabinet War Rooms are really interesting, and I am quite sure Cjuchill would have picked up a rifle himself if necessary.
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