I was alone in London once for a day back in 2003. Since I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering I had decided to pay a visit to and get some pictures of the Royal Institution for Mechanical Engineers, which I had seen in London a few years earlier.

While taking some pictures of the Institution from across the street I noticed that I was standing almost in front of the Cabinet War Rooms.

The history of World War II has always captured my imagination, so how could I resist?

The place was very interesting. It was the underground command center for Winston Churchill and his War Cabinet. As soon as the war had ended the center was abandoned. It was pretty much forgotten for years. Then one day someone discovered it again. It was made into a museum. So many maps, papers, and other artifacts had been left from the war and remained untouched for many, many years. They are now on display.

As you walk through the many underground rooms you develop a feel for how miserable it must have been to have spent so many days and nights in these underground chambers in an effort to stay safe from the bombs of Hitler’s Third Reich.