Premise
Following the Second World War, questions were asked about Downing Street's capacity to conduct operations in the nuclear age. In 1951 after returning to office, Churchill ordered that Downing Street be transformed into a "situation ready base of operations".
The underground area between 9, 10 and 11 Downing Street was gutted and new state of the art communications equipment installed with scrambler telephones and direct links to the heads of the military.
Over the years from Churchill onwards the "situation room" was upgraded and adapted to meet the threats from varying factors both natural and manmade.
Politics and personalities, Crisis and conundrums. These are all...
Tales From The Situation Room
(I know the photo is from the US but I couldn't find anything else)
Following the Second World War, questions were asked about Downing Street's capacity to conduct operations in the nuclear age. In 1951 after returning to office, Churchill ordered that Downing Street be transformed into a "situation ready base of operations".
The underground area between 9, 10 and 11 Downing Street was gutted and new state of the art communications equipment installed with scrambler telephones and direct links to the heads of the military.
Over the years from Churchill onwards the "situation room" was upgraded and adapted to meet the threats from varying factors both natural and manmade.
Politics and personalities, Crisis and conundrums. These are all...
Tales From The Situation Room
(I know the photo is from the US but I couldn't find anything else)