In the wake of the Second World War, Britain moved to cement itself as one of the world's main nuclear powers. The erection of a series of nuclear bunkers followed across the UK, tasked with protecting a fortunate few against any devastating nuclear attack. Sarah Agha explores Britain's secret nuclear bunker at Kelvedon Hatch and how the Government would have used it, if Britain had suffered a nuclear attack during the Cold War.
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