“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.” ― Carl Sagan
@MrBlueBurd0451
4 жыл бұрын
And yet, because they stood waist-deep in the aforementioned gasoline with the aforementioned matches, neither dared throw a punch at the other. The existence of MAD prevented the existence of a conventional, non-nuclear WW3.
@ManuTheGreat79
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrBlueBurd0451 it still does. The missiles are still there
@andreinekrasov2036
4 жыл бұрын
Think Different - Thought Provoking Ideas Now, unlike during the mere 'Cold War', America and it's international terrorist military, NATO, are on the doorstep of Russia and agitating China. Wars of HOT and COLD, decades old! The official American Military Posture targeting Russia and, more specifically China, is incredibly stupid and insane. Mattis wrote it or helped put the accursed policy together, I believe. It's to be expected of an elite Super-Psychopath.
@yobryan88
4 жыл бұрын
😅
@GHustle4
4 жыл бұрын
@@andreinekrasov2036 nato is the only way it can possibly win a war! we just lost to the taliban but you can't tell americans they are so deep inpropganda's ass they can not see straight!
@chrisward925
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fantastic upload which was both entertaining and informative and all the more due to living on the hill (Rudloe just outside Corsham) that Burlington Quarry cuts through.
@natehamilton2478
4 жыл бұрын
This video was so cool! More like this please!!!
@ApprendreLangues
4 жыл бұрын
"Provided said table had not been vaporized..." I'll be laughing all day at that line...
@brittanyjennings4236
4 жыл бұрын
No "Threads" scenario? Having seen "Threads" I find that very comforting!
@abnurtharn2927
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@austingarrick9453
4 жыл бұрын
Looking like a whistler morning for me!
@SizzStarr
4 жыл бұрын
Is that english english slang?
@craighalliday0276
4 жыл бұрын
@@SizzStarr probably because his name is somon whistler you goon
@SizzStarr
4 жыл бұрын
CraigHalliday02 copy over my head this morning.
@michaeldoubleday9985
4 жыл бұрын
Time for Simon Says lol. Anyway, I love this channel
@austingarrick9453
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha if it is slang then it’s lost to me. Was playing off his name. This is his 3rd upload this morning
@TheAvin20
4 жыл бұрын
Nothing like 4 simon whistler videos at 11 in the evening
@st1nk1n
2 жыл бұрын
No mention of the railway branch line into the bunker from box hill tunnel. Special feature!
@jenniferhayden1974
3 жыл бұрын
There was no mention of the Royal Family. Did they have their own bunker or were they do rendezvous in a military bunker?
@makerofthingsunique
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if things have changed, but these days most people wouldn't lose moral if politicians were blown up.
@acid3129
4 жыл бұрын
I live next to one of these old bunkers in the Midlands its now a tourist attraction with sign posts leading to it saying secret nuclear bunker
@streetndirtfighters5102
4 жыл бұрын
It ain't no secret anymore
@ryankenyon5010
4 жыл бұрын
Growing up during the Cold War was traumatizing.
@BadEngineering
4 жыл бұрын
It's back in use now, all access blocked up with fresh CCTV... looks like its being used for Data storage judging by the other buildings springing up in the local area.
@theshadowman1398
4 жыл бұрын
Hahah. Like with every contractor, only after you put a shoe up their behind they will start working.
@robinderoos1166
4 жыл бұрын
But Winston, my face is molten and i have radiation sickness... Churchill: chear up chap, at least you still have your moral!
@Satters
4 жыл бұрын
morale
@r.a.alvarez6063
4 жыл бұрын
Simon when are you gonna host Visualpolitik again?
@nathanrivers2223
4 жыл бұрын
As a local its like its been mis sold.
@neilgoodman2885
4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Whistler: You are an addiction. But really, no wet bar? NEVER!
@travisg2224
4 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on Arlington Cemetery or the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
@bro-rockmobamba28
3 жыл бұрын
What’s the song that he played during the Babel promo
@harryoates91
4 жыл бұрын
I wish Bethesda would make a fallout set on the UK
@alexscott5990
4 жыл бұрын
harryoates91 fuck that. Have all surviving chavs running round with knifes 😂
@seanbrazell6147
4 жыл бұрын
I love me a good underground apocalypse bunker.
@malbogia8003
4 жыл бұрын
I have babbel. A handful of lessons in I learned how to ask someone to marry me. So I'm thinking the "learn stuff you'll use daily" isn't accurate. Unless that's just a daily thing in Germany
@kyousukekoyomi9160
3 жыл бұрын
I am playing Fallout New Vegas wile watching this video.
@lukasjansen1815
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder... Did the bunker also contain a colonial tea plantation, because what is toast without a cup of tea?
@davidryanbonelli9242
4 жыл бұрын
Smudged glasses are distracting!
@nickjacobs1770
4 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that there was no mention on tea. Without tea & booze this would have collapsed in hours.
@darter9000
4 жыл бұрын
3 per person? They weren’t building castles with millions of hoarded toilet paper and naming it Fartingham Palace? How disappointing
@wardahwordah3737
4 жыл бұрын
Nuclear bombs out of toilet paper,............"Allegedly ", ................😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😊😊😊🤔😊🤔🤔😜😜😜
@neilgoodman2885
4 жыл бұрын
Bidets!
@robinderoos1166
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget mollions of fresh socks, because Churchill was a fool.
@wardahwordah3737
4 жыл бұрын
@@robinderoos1166 Churchill was my role model,...................."Allegedly",.......................😃😃😃😃😃😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@shebbs1
4 жыл бұрын
@@robinderoos1166 Way better than that senile old Socialist, FDR, or his mate Stalin. Besides, most of the post-war planning was done by Labour, under that cretinous fool, Atlee.
@deusexaethera
4 жыл бұрын
Of course there wouldn't be a Mad Max scenario in England! Stiff upper lip and so on. There would at most be a Miffed Max scenario.
@pegasusted2504
4 жыл бұрын
lmfao. How about "Brassed Off Max" handy with the "BOM" ;~)
@mattquinn1147
4 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@owningkoning
4 жыл бұрын
Mad Lad
@ogribiker8535
4 жыл бұрын
@@pegasusted2504 Brilliant, nearly spat my tea out !
@tamlandipper29
4 жыл бұрын
This time last year I'd have agreed with you. 2020 has taught me that most of my compatriots are infantile selfish hackwits. We'd be at full Mad Max before the doilies ran out.
@pamelamays4186
4 жыл бұрын
Two questions: What were/are the evacuation plans of the Royal Family in case of a nuclear attack, or any other disaster? How much tea was stored in that bunker?
@mikekenner4377
4 жыл бұрын
According to Plan SYNCHRONISE, The entire Royal Family would evacuate from London and fly to their land-based wartime place of residence. Contray to popular belief, HMY BRITANNIA would not be used for this purpose.
@nickjacobs1770
4 жыл бұрын
It's why Pall Mall is painted red. So it can be used as a runway to evacuate them.
@PORRRIDGE_GUN
4 жыл бұрын
@@nickjacobs1770 BULLSHIT
@joshschneider9766
4 жыл бұрын
i do believe they have several options but would most likely choose balmoral. its literally a defended estate. you could probably pack five thousand royal marines onto its grounds i would think. good frickin luck storming that lol.
@terrylear4219
3 жыл бұрын
Ok, here's the scenario. The Bombs gone off approximately 70 to 80% of the population Dead or maimed who would run around keeping the the Queen and others supplied with Toilet rolls, Bread etc.if any Cows survived who would milk them ?.
@drmattconrad77
4 жыл бұрын
Have you done the bunker at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulfer Springs, WV USA? It was pretty interesting to see.
@elsden722
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed it is really interesting
@andriesoliviier9529
4 жыл бұрын
It may be the apocalypse, but by God I will have my scones!!
@Hammerhead547
4 жыл бұрын
"Sir Humphrey: annihilation is bad enough without anarchy on top of it. PM Hacker: you can"t have a lot of rebellious cinders can you?" ~Yes, Prime Minister.
@adamcarter5254
4 жыл бұрын
I live near the bunker it's a running joke that there's a road sign directing to the "secret nuclear bunker" No tourist ever gets a straight answer for humour purposes of course
@Satters
4 жыл бұрын
what was the sign before the site was declassified?
@EscapeMCP
4 жыл бұрын
@@Satters The "Secret Nuclear Bunker" roadsign exists, but is for another bunker up in Norfolk I think. It's an air defence bunker IIRC.
@EscapeMCP
4 жыл бұрын
We had a fair few bunkers back then. Just makes you wonder what they use now?? ;)
@joshschneider9766
4 жыл бұрын
The bunkers they didn't make public of course. The internet makes you need far fewer
@Whiteboy17064
3 жыл бұрын
It's the bunker in fife it's a Scotland secret bunker it's a privately owned bunker museum
In 12 months it will just be a beard with glasses and a voice.
@charlesjessie1733
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe Simon is planning to challenge Tundra Tactical to a "beard off".
@lospolloshermandez4299
3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the waldo moment episode of black mirror
@sinonkryze3638
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Geographic can you make a video about the Bataan Peninsula and why was is the place General MacArthur picked it as the place where he decided to make his defense against the Japanese in the ww2 and its history.
@joshc9676
4 жыл бұрын
I've got a suggestion for a episode. I live near whitby, Ontario. There was a secret spy camp during WW2 there. It was called Camp X.
@norgepalm7315
4 жыл бұрын
I like in a small town in north Carolina where there's a 14 mile underground bunker called bunker BS
@UnchainedAmerica
4 жыл бұрын
Oh Canadians, so inventive in naming their secret bases.
@crazyguy32100
4 жыл бұрын
North Bay, Ontario. The NORAD regional command centre (another episode suggestion), the only one of NORADs regional installations to be built underground, designed to withstand a direct hit of 4 megatons. What did they name it? The "Underground Complex (UGC)" or as locals know it "The Hole". You would think with a winter that lasts 8 months we would have time to think up more creative names.
@joshschneider9766
4 жыл бұрын
Camp x was where British sis and soe officers trained the first members of the oss. It was the first of a network of over two dozen such camps. One of which trains cia officers to this day. Camp x is very real and very worthy of an episode.
@MutarFuqueer
4 жыл бұрын
@@UnchainedAmerica The original name was actually Camp X, Eh?
@magicknight8412
3 жыл бұрын
You can visit various "Secret Nuclear Bunkers" in the UK. I went to one in the north west, funny seeing a big signpost say "this way to the secret nuclear bunker". They are very cool, creepy and have a sinister cold war feel to them. Worth visiting. Kelvedon Hatch is a famous one near london
@jugganaut33
3 жыл бұрын
Even modern Special forces. chemical weapons and intelligence bases are labelled “works only unit” on major motorways. There’s nothing secret in the UK. It’s almost tragic.
@magicknight8412
3 жыл бұрын
@@jugganaut33 Yes with big red signs making you instantly think whats there, best one is on the M4 near Swindon. USAF weapons storage facility I think. These nuclear bunkers say they are secret as a joke, they are effectively frozen in time museums.
@brianartillery
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, Simon, on one of my favourite subjects. A few recommended books, if I may: 'Underground Structures Of The Cold War', by Paul Ozorak; 'Secret Underground Cities' 'Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers', both by Nick J. McCamley, the latter carrying some chilling facts on what the USSR planned to drop on the UK, by region. 'The Secret State', by Peter Hennessy. A classic. I lived through the latter parts of the cold war, and, as kids, we would often hear them testing a nearby air-raid siren. Asking my parents why, I'd be told it was for the fire brigade. In reality, it was the 'You've just time to boil an egg' alert. Where I live was once within 25 miles or so of six RAF and USAF airfields, the hub of the UK Radar system, a ROTOR Radar site, the NATO secure telecommunications hub, the British Telecom laboratories, Colchester Garrison, Felixstowe Docks, Sizewell Atomic power station... I can see the Soviet map, in my mind's eye, with my little corner of England full of pins, looking like a hedgehog. Our old borough council offices (long demolished) had no provision made for a bunker underneath it, in case of armageddon. There was no point. We would have been ash, and nothing or nobody left to govern. To me, the 1980's were most definitely the best of times, and the worst of times. Movies like 'War Games' were terrifyingly possible; the war scenarios shown near the end were all completely real, and it's still frightening to see. Computer glitches happened on both sides, and we are lucky, so lucky, that intelligent people were on duty at those times. On duty too, and for the duration of the cold war, were members of the Observer Corps, in their tiny underground bunkers, just big enough for four men, 20 feet underground. They would observe, via outside instruments, the location and power of the falling bombs. All over the UK. These were brave people, sitting in their little boxes. Waiting for the end of the world. They need a video, Simon.
@grahamfisher5436
11 ай бұрын
Struggle for Survival Written by Steve Fox.
@neilfurby555
9 ай бұрын
Great taste in books Brian. Nick McCamley is a great researcher, as is Nick Catford. I would recommend Nick Catfords latest photobook, super reference work.
@sputumtube
4 жыл бұрын
Near me there's a similar (but smaller) place called Hack Green Nuclear Bunker. It's open to the public and well worth a visit.
@ethanlawrence4912
4 жыл бұрын
You should research Mount Weather government facility in Virginia in the US!
@SRW_
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video boi with the blaze. I have a question. If england was hit with nukes, could this bunker communicate with american government? Or european governments? I guess the russians could track communications though....
@frazerguest2864
4 жыл бұрын
Yes they could. Another benefit of this Bunker is its proximity to the trans-Atlantic telegraph line.
@SRW_
4 жыл бұрын
Frazer Guest Oh ive seen THAT megaprojects video
@SRW_
4 жыл бұрын
Davon Garcia huh?
@SRW_
4 жыл бұрын
Davon Garcia I didnt learn about it in school.
@SRW_
4 жыл бұрын
Davon Garcia Im not anerican im canadian. I spent middle school in special needs classes I think those 2 things contributed to me not knowing most of these megaprojects
@QuestionEverythingButWHY
4 жыл бұрын
“There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.” ― George W. Bush
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
He wasn't the best at talking was he?
@QuestionEverythingButWHY
4 жыл бұрын
@@gamersrepublic6920 you think so? I thought he wasn't good at remembering things. But I might be wrong.
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
@@QuestionEverythingButWHY honestly, I was too young at the time to really have an opinion on him based on his actions live. From what speeches and stuff I've seen he seems to me to be kind of like biden, tripping over himself and getting all tongue-tied really easily
@QuestionEverythingButWHY
4 жыл бұрын
@@gamersrepublic6920 actually Biden has a stuttering problem from his childhood. Bush could sometimes make people laugh with his words and action.
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
@@QuestionEverythingButWHY bush moved kinda like a chicken, haven't seen if he still does.
@octavianq236
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon love your content always interesting listen 👍👍
@MyRealName148
4 жыл бұрын
Been a subscriber since the beginning. Just watching and thinking to myself, this is a very well written, delivered and produced channel. Always is mate. Thanks Simon. The world would be a better place if more people were as interesting as you.
@Calliopa_22
3 жыл бұрын
Yeaaaaah, Simon totally writes the scripts and edits... xD (There are a lot of other people involved in Simon’s various channels. He’s an absolute workaholic though)
@PeterBrookF1
4 жыл бұрын
I live in Corsham and about half a mile from the quarry entrance. You used to able to walk down to track level at the quarry which is alongside Box Tunnel, but it's locked tight and the tracks have been lifted, but there are various entrances to the quarries scattered around the surrounding hills and woods, and every once a blue moon they let the public in
@hammyh1165
4 жыл бұрын
Corsham bunkers are still in use by MOD/ government , but a lot of the outlying bunkers in the area are used by data companies and storage companies. There's a lot of urbex videos on KZitem just search Burlington bunkers.
@ManuTheGreat79
4 жыл бұрын
When you say you didn't live through it... You know that those missiles still exist, they are on hair triggered alert and still aimed at the same targets. Nobody told the bombs that the cold war is over. (yes there are fewer bombs, but still enough to destroy all the targets)
@harryflash4680
4 жыл бұрын
They are apparently detargetted, aiming at the middle of various oceans but of course they can be retargetted in minutes.
@pmc7105
2 жыл бұрын
There's a similar bunker west of Ottawa, Canada called the Diefenbunker that's now a museum. Would be worth an episode of Geographics. Blast tunnel, super thick doors, decontamination showers, giant vault for the country's gold, a gap around the vault with mirrors at every corner so you can look in either direction and see the back of your head, etc.
@smokingsnake8276
Жыл бұрын
Why is it necessary to look at your head? Genuine question, I might he stupid
@dakrontu
4 жыл бұрын
Did you say £20 million in today's money? I think you must have meant £20 billion, judging by the scale of the construction. . There seems to be something similar under the new Denver airport. Care to do a video about that?
@bratman82
3 жыл бұрын
How about a documentary on the Russian bunkers during the cold war? I'll acknowledge that this would be difficult to research due to the political differences, but it would be interesting to see what a potential opponent was planning to do with regards to continuation of Government in the event of total nuclear war.
@Weaponsandstuff93
Жыл бұрын
The footage at 10:50 is Kelvedon Hatch bunker, the main government bunker for most of the Cold War.
@Darkdragon5544
4 жыл бұрын
The Diefenbunker does have some quirky stories of its own, in a similar vein!
@vonfaustien3957
4 жыл бұрын
Their used to be a fallout shelter near where i live for the primer that got sold off to the hells angels after the cold war...not sure who in the Canadian government figured selling a nuclear bomb shelter to an organized crime group was a good idea but no ones ever called the canadian government smart. They did buy it back but im pretty sure they paid more than sold it for.
@Darkdragon5544
4 жыл бұрын
@@vonfaustien3957 Precisely one of the few stories I was talking about 🤣
@crigger
4 жыл бұрын
I live near one! Museum now!
@Averagecanadian1984
4 жыл бұрын
Can u do one on the Canada USA border.....the longest undefended border in the world......currently locked down for corona virus
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
I support this request
@Averagecanadian1984
4 жыл бұрын
And mostly undefended with no fences.....yet somehow we are able to close it and rely on the law of the land to keep fleeing Americans out during corona virus
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
@@Averagecanadian1984 I live in the part of MN where you have to go through Canada to get to the rest of the US (the northwest angle) so joke's on you Canadians, lol
@Averagecanadian1984
4 жыл бұрын
@@gamersrepublic6920 haha....definitely some loop holes....but for the most part everyone is respecting the boarder system with no other barrier but the honor system....I'm very proud of our 2 countries when it comes to this
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
@@Averagecanadian1984 I haven't actually been up there since covid, I just have a cabin and some land that I use to dick around on but I've been keeping busy with renovating my actual house and work. I did go up there to see if I could get through and I am in fact allowed
@KnightAlephz
4 жыл бұрын
So what about the citizens they just go ahead and die?
@mcdon2401
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty much.
@gamersrepublic6920
4 жыл бұрын
Well duh, what's the government for if not to save their own ass?
@JohnDoe-ox5ni
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that non designated subjects without correct relevant passwords identity paperwork authorisation of trying to gain access to local top secret government underground or mod facilities just before a forecast strike and long after would be shot dead without question in a special barred gated holding zone corridor if there were to many to process at once that they would be shepherded in to so thinking that they were being escorted to safety would be locked inside before the main blast door unless they could prove that they were relevant to operations .This would include women children and elderly without question To release them would compromise the secrecy of the bunker as loose lips sink ships.which makes me wonder how they kept the the civilian tradesmen workforce quiet about the shelters after they finished building them i wonder.?I hope they dident have a sticky end ?or they got paid handsomely to shut up. We will never know!This is national security after all.
@thefedsarewatching4815
4 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-ox5ni the official secrets Act u would be working on site but niver be able to tell anyone what ur working on
@grahamfisher5436
11 ай бұрын
@@JohnDoe-ox5niyes... you can know.. Its called the white papers. Look up .. Struggle for Survival Written by Steve Fox. They didn't make any civilian shelters Because they realised that The entire Uk would be vaporised.. Hiding would be futile What you will read, will change your perception and views...
@geographicstravel
4 жыл бұрын
Start learning a new language today with Babbel! Get 50% off for six months for a limited time only! bit.ly/Geographics3
@caitgems1
4 жыл бұрын
We have ferries on the west coast of Scotland that are fitted out for nuclear warfare.
@Colbio
4 жыл бұрын
Uhhhhh....isn't Babbel a kind of odd choice for the name of a language service? Kind of caused the creation of language in an act of sheer divine spite.
@automatticcomics
4 жыл бұрын
I live in corsham. I own the toyshop here. Great vids as ever Simon. Peacocks still roam the town. Vid shared on corsham Facebook pages.
@josh_1518
4 жыл бұрын
Very secrett
@deusexaethera
4 жыл бұрын
Of course there wouldn't be a Mad Max scenario in England! Stiff upper lip and so on. There would at most be a Miffed Max scenario.
@LizardSpork
4 жыл бұрын
"A guide that teaches you which title to use for various ranks of aristocracy military and ruling classes. God forbid that we lose our manners when the whole world goes up in flames..." Mr. Whistler, by the order Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, you're hereby relieved of your License To Be British due to public display of Attitude Unbecoming of A Proper Englishman. You are to present yourself to your nearest British Consulate or Tea and Scones Emporium forthwith, and surrender your British accent, stiff upper lip and inherent sense of smug superiority. Failure to comply will be met with increasingly passive aggressive but unerringly polite letters and phone calls. God Save The Queen and Bugger The French
@blueboats7530
4 жыл бұрын
"you can focus on the learning, and not get distracted by adverts" -- well there's a whollop of irony
@Julia-jd8ie
4 жыл бұрын
The Canadians also made one of these, called the Diefenbunker in Carp, Ontario (just outside of Ottawa). I've been, the whole thing is a really ugly shade of pinkish-grey and somehow smells like paint however many decades later but the whole thing is incredibly neat.
@danielduncan6806
4 жыл бұрын
Hey bro, you definitely are still living through it. The cold war never ended. Nuclear weapons are still being produced and they are still getting bigger and better. You have lived your _entire_ life under the threat of nuclear annihilation. I think you mistakenly thought it was over because you don't know anything different. You were born under the threat of nuclear annihilation and you have lived your entire life that way. So you don't see anything wrong with it. Just everyday life for you.
@ehzmia
4 жыл бұрын
You mock having a bakery but flour is more versatile and shelf stable compared to bread. US Navy ships can have bakeries.
@Stevesrssrssrs
4 жыл бұрын
So even in the UK contractors do that shit, huh?!! It must be literally everywhere!
@royjpatterson1
4 жыл бұрын
Canada had the Diefenbunker it's become a tourist attraction after the fall of the old Soviet Union However the Diefenbunker was extremely modern for it's time considering it was built back in the early 1960s
@patrickh7744
3 жыл бұрын
ah yes, Blackpool. the perfect place for level-headed thinking. nuclear genocide of seagulls imminent
@andrewgwilliam4831
4 жыл бұрын
There's a (former) "Secret Nuclear Bunker" in Essex. Because it's a tourist attraction, it's fully signposted, but when people see photos of the signs online they often assume they're fake. 😁
@chip9649
4 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on the Hungarian Arpard line it overshadowed by other defensive lines like the Magiont.
@mikekenner4377
4 жыл бұрын
Er... did I hear correctly? "...4000 key officials would be mobilised to reach TURNSTILE within 2 hours or less preferably by RAF helicopters." Where on earth did that misinformation come from? The real plan was to transport the 3,760 TURNSTILE staff from Kensington Olympia Station (London) in chartered trains over a 14 hour period, to Warminster Station in Wiltshire (codenamed CHECKPOINT). They would then go to the nearby School of Infantry, be fed and watered and assembled for oneard transport by Army convoy to the CGWHQ at Corsham. And GRANDEE HOTEL wasn't the code to man - that was GRANDEE DELTA 4. GRANDEE HOTEL 1 was the code to signify that TURNSTILE was manned and would now take control of the UK .
@grahamfisher5436
11 ай бұрын
You know of the War book White Papers
@MrJohnnyCrock
4 жыл бұрын
Simon's facial hair and his chest hair have nearly joined forces. Once this has taken place, no piece of history will go unexplained.
@alexk6343
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon. You should do a video on a semilar place being built by the Third Reich - Riese (Giant). You can take a 2h drive from Prague and see it :)
@shaggycan
4 жыл бұрын
21:40 with the UK a sea of molten glass they might as well put Monty Python in charge.
@whoshotdk
4 жыл бұрын
Well, you gotta always look on the bright side of life. Even when the brightness is from an incoming nuclear explosion.
@grahamfisher5436
Ай бұрын
The Governments plans were actually called Python
@t.dominey4150
3 жыл бұрын
Went to one of the government bunkers once, might have been this one. Standing in the war room with the giant map was a pretty interesting experience
@briarhawkins1684
4 жыл бұрын
Simon's beard is starting to look pretty luscious.
@jb6027
4 жыл бұрын
or creepy
@omfgstrid
4 жыл бұрын
Yoooooow. As I opened the video I was like bumboclaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttt that beard. But on second glance I really really liked it
@johnharrop5530
4 жыл бұрын
He's just compensating for what's not on top I hate beards full stop , nothing more than shit catchers
@hedydd2
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnharrop5530 There's a widely advertised tool available for keeping things like this in check. It is called Lawnmower3 by Manscape. It is designed for tough course hair, cattle and sheep, but is just what Simon needs just now, before it's too late and he is suffocated, insects start breeding in there, or his child takes fright and leaves home.
@omfgstrid
4 жыл бұрын
Huw Williams lmao y’all are horrible 😂😂 I really like his beard. It looks so healthy and manly.
@jeffjohnson1966
4 жыл бұрын
"Why is Babel better than the rest?" Because Simon says so.
@jackmason5278
4 жыл бұрын
Ah! The flavour of Business Blaze slipped in. The toaster and cat clip was great! Does Sam edit this channel too?
@brianburgess5242
4 жыл бұрын
is it just me or are the adds getting ridiculous on this channel. 4 adds and thats not counting the promotional add.
@vonfaustien3957
4 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on Osowiec Fortress. I was the site of a battle in ww1 where after being gassed the half dead russian garrison counter charged and routed a much larger german assault
@Glowkite
4 жыл бұрын
Here’s a question. What’s up with the Dead Sea? Guess I could google it but where’s the fun in that.
@joshschneider9766
4 жыл бұрын
it's right over a giant salt deposit. As a result the waters so salty nothing can live in it. hence it's name.
@travisedmonds4214
4 жыл бұрын
You can't fight in here! This is the war room!
@PORRRIDGE_GUN
4 жыл бұрын
'Mr President, I'm not saying we won't get our hair mussed...'
@rajivrai7539
4 жыл бұрын
It was never used and there should never be a situation when it should be used
@NajwaLaylah
4 жыл бұрын
Zombie Apocalypse: "Am I a joke to you?"
@geoffreycomrade9537
4 жыл бұрын
anyone else slightly curious what they would have done with the queen/royalty?
@Simonsvids
4 жыл бұрын
That would be up to her but I would imagine like her dad before, she would have stayed in London and gone down with the ship if needs be. Her heirs though would have probably evacuated throughout the globe - Canada, Australia, Pitcairn Island, who knows.
@blindhog2756
4 жыл бұрын
They are to be removed to Epstein island. Since one of them is fully aquatinted to it.
@jemmaclarke2975
4 жыл бұрын
The beard has had a boost :) its looking wonderful Simon.
@itsincredible6407
4 жыл бұрын
"Ministers need cigars in order to function", hhhhhhhhhh - Thanks for the laugh!
@shebbs1
4 жыл бұрын
Don't underestimate the need for recreation and some luxuries: left-wing planners always forget that, unless such luxuries are for the people on top.
@deltafoxtrotgolfurbex
4 жыл бұрын
Simon, you could have done a video on Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker. That one was the one the Prime Minister would have gone to. And we’ve been there!
@berryberrykixx
4 жыл бұрын
"There would be no Mad Max scenario here..." Me: Laughs in THREADS. ETA: For anyone with Prime, if you want to see one of the most horrifying, realistic nuclear war/apocalypse films ever made, THREADS is now available for Prime users (it used to be on the channel "Shudder").
@harryflash4680
4 жыл бұрын
Also available on a free channel - can't remember which one at present...
@shebbs1
4 жыл бұрын
Saw it in 1984, at age 11. Horrifying then, still creepy now.
@fXBorgmeister
4 жыл бұрын
Bar decision made no sense - Rum in the Navy into the 1970's and they actually had the missiles.
@brolohalflemming7042
4 жыл бұрын
That was the official position. I think it'd be a pretty safe bet that the denizens would be keen to sneak a bottle or 3 in with their classified papers. But also an important decision, ie the austere living conditions, especially when you consider the denizens would be the ones with the best idea how dire the situation may be on the surface. But the facility also had guards, cells and a morgue. But there were also some.. problems with the post-Cold War peace dividend. Like an assumption that war and civil emergency stocks weren't as important, so stockpiles could be run down and not replaced.. Which included stuff like PPE. Not like we'd be needing a lot of that any time soon, right?
@PORRRIDGE_GUN
4 жыл бұрын
@@brolohalflemming7042 I am certain that after firing the last missile, bottles would appear from all over the boat and everyone would get shitters. And why not? Deterrence has failed. Your unemployed and your home, wife, kids and the gerbil are now radioactive ash.
@Exospray
4 жыл бұрын
The Irony is that by the time it was operational Burlington was already obsolete. It had been designed with a long slow journey into war in mind and the Cuban Missile Crisis showed there might not be time to man the bunker before nukes delivered by ICBM arrived. And as you say the bunker could not survive a direct hit and relied on secrecy, which was blown soon after. As with so much of civil defence, it was passed on by events
@grahamfisher5436
11 ай бұрын
Struggle for Survival Written by Steve Fox.
@k.5152
4 жыл бұрын
don't know which channel this belongs on, but i would love to see a video on the AK 47. a massively influential weapon in the past century
@_Mr.Tuvok_
4 жыл бұрын
… … … … allegedly… … … …
@yeahno....
3 жыл бұрын
This turnstile bunker was an open secret in the area, my father and grandparents lived about a mile from the entrance, one thing you didn’t mention is this is a siding off of the famous Box tunnel built by IK Brunel and was used as a munitions manufacturing and store during WW2
@TheCheesydoll90123
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon it’s no longer a secret now, we can always count on you.
@quandaledingle8960
4 жыл бұрын
UrG3y
@extrastuff9463
4 жыл бұрын
For anyone interested in this type of stuff the podcast "The Atomic Hobo" by Julie McDowall might be of interest. The amount of procedures that institutions came up with "to deal with it" were interesting and at times quite disturbing.
@grahamfisher5436
11 ай бұрын
The WHITE PAPER
@Composite7248
4 жыл бұрын
Simon's beard is speaking to me. it's telling me to... explore... the bunker... also like... and... subscribe
@crackajacka87
4 жыл бұрын
I've been in some of the old mines around Burlington Bunker and they are impressive dating back to the late 1800's to early 1900's/mid 1950's. They are called Box mines and they are some of the biggest mine workings in Europe with miles of passageways that connect up to the Bunker itself which has distinct red doors blocking the entrance in. Another fact that's missing here is that the Bunker was converted from an underground ammo dump where several old quarries in Wiltshire got transferred into underground manufacturing and storage of bombs during WWII which at the time, also had the largest stockpile of bombs in Europe.
@chaoslab
4 жыл бұрын
No wonder everyone says learn too code python. /joke.
@HrZD16
4 жыл бұрын
The T2 scene was really clever, I don't think I caught that the first time I watched this.
@briannicholls3568
4 жыл бұрын
I remember the school cartoon on what to do during a nuclear hit during the 80s, painting windows and hide under a staircase or table. The scary part was that we were supposed to take it seriously ! WE ALL KNEW !
@Clarkyboy1979
4 жыл бұрын
I was at school from 85 onwards and never saw these but I'm aware of them through the Raymond Briggs graphic novel, When The Wind Blows.
@MrBlaktoe
4 жыл бұрын
@@Clarkyboy1979 I grew up in So. Cal during the Cold War and I don't remember doing any nuke drills either. May have been more common the closer one got to the various bases. I remember the earthquake drills.
@SizzStarr
4 жыл бұрын
If im not getting things mixed up joe rogan just had a guy on who wrote a book about exploring these old tunnels under London.
@chriswall27
4 жыл бұрын
Not to get into conspiracy theories but as this location is now public (you can drive right upto it) you do have to wonder what they have now! The Bicester underground faculties are interesting for a video, there is/was even a railway station in it!
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