Dover

A very short bus ride from my campus is the city of Dover. It is were the infamous white cliffs are. It is also where an enormous castle was built-high up on one of those cliffs. Also, were tunnels built in the Middle Ages that were then re-used during World War II. They were the center for Operation Dynamo, or the Dunkirk evacuation. Under the ground was a whole interconnected world of intelligence. There were also facilities to use as sleeping quarters because the area was the most heavily bombed during the war. The purpose was to evacuate soldiers from France back to Britain since France had fallen to the Germans. It is what is featured in Atonement as well as Mrs. Miniver. Throughout many of the museums I have been to these tunnels have been featured. It was interesting to see the intelligence of the era right under a castle and ruins from the Roman period. Also, they had a large map that they used to pin point boats in the Harbour and women would place the pins in it. It is the only job during WWII that allowed women to wear pants.