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Famous Historic Bunkers

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Bunker
Location
Country
Built
Purpose
Known For
FuhrerbunkerReich Chancellery Garden, Berlin
Germany
1936-1944Hitler's final WWII command postSite of Hitler's April 30, 1945 suicide, demolished by Soviets, parking lot today with small marker
Churchill War RoomsWhitehall, London
United Kingdom
1938-1939WWII Cabinet command centerChurchill directed Britain's war effort from beneath Treasury building, now Imperial War Museum site
Cheyenne Mountain ComplexColorado Springs, Colorado
United States
1961-1966NORAD command and Cold War nuclear shelterCarved into granite mountain, 25-ton blast doors, iconic setting in WarGames and Stargate SG-1
Greenbrier BunkerWhite Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
United States
1958-1961Secret US Congress relocation shelterHidden beneath luxury resort for 30 years, kept secret until 1992 Washington Post expose
Raven Rock (Site R)Adams County, Pennsylvania
United States
1951-1954Backup Pentagon command centerUnderground Pentagon, rumored destination during 9/11 for Cheney, known as Site R
Bunker 42 (Taganksy)Moscow
Russia
1951-1956Stalin-era nuclear command bunkerBuilt 65 meters below Moscow near Kremlin, now a Cold War museum under a fake mansion facade
Albanian Bunkers (Enver Hoxha)Throughout Albania
Albania
1972-1984Hoxha paranoia fortificationsRoughly 173,000 concrete pillboxes built nationwide, symbol of Stalinist paranoia and isolation
Atlantic Wall BunkersNorway to Spain coastline
Germany (occupied Europe)
1942-1944Nazi coastal defense against invasionThousands of Todt Organization bunkers, storming of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, still dot beaches today
Kanzlerbunker (Berlin)Under New Reich Chancellery
Germany
1943Earlier Nazi government bunkerPrecursor to Fuhrerbunker, demolished postwar, less famous but larger complex than the Fuhrerbunker
Burlington (Corsham)Wiltshire
United Kingdom
1950sUK Cold War government relocationMassive 240-acre underground city for 4,000 officials, kept classified until 2004
Kelvedon Hatch Secret BunkerEssex
United Kingdom
1952UK Regional Seat of GovernmentFamously signposted secret nuclear bunker, now museum under farmhouse facade, dark tourism staple
Sonnenberg Tunnel ShelterLucerne
Switzerland
1971-1976Civilian nuclear shelterLargest civilian fallout shelter ever built, room for 20,000 people, Switzerland's bunker culture
Presidential Emergency Op CenterUnder White House East Wing
United States
1942 (expanded)US President emergency shelterWhere Cheney operated on 9/11, Bush II also sheltered, rebuilt during Obama East Wing renovation
Metro-2 TunnelsBeneath Moscow
Russia
Stalin era onwardRumored secret government metroUnconfirmed but widely believed secret tunnel network connecting Kremlin to bunkers and FSB HQ
Yamamoto Bunker (Tinian)Tinian Island
Japan (WWII)
1944Japanese command shelterConcrete bunker used by Japanese command, nearby site where atomic bombs were loaded onto B-29s
DiefenbunkerCarp, Ontario
Canada
1959-1961Canadian government relocation shelterNicknamed for PM Diefenbaker, four stories deep, now Canada's Cold War Museum

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