Researchers suggested how Britain may have managed to hide the “Battle of Britain Bunker,” an underground military command center, from the Nazis during World War 2, an Aug. 16 press release by Historic England reads.
The researchers said that “recent interpretation of historic aerial photographs suggests the bunker and its defences were camouflaged as a decorative garden” that blended into “the designed landscape of” a nearby house from the air, the press release said. (RELATED: Historians Announce Recovery Of ‘Historic’ Bronze Cannon From Shipwreck)
The Battle of Britain Bunker in Uxbridge, west London is still revealing its secrets!
Recent research by @MOLArchaeology for @Hillingdon suggests the site was camouflaged as a garden during WWII and had extra defences to stop German parachutists. 🌳🪂https://t.co/6HOD0V7qn1
— Historic England (@HistoricEngland)
