17. Eisenhower Camped Out In The Underground
And it wasn't just the English who benefited from the underground systems during the war. American General Eisenhower (later President Eisenhower) operated out of a a bunker in Goodge Street station. It was said to be where he did a large portion of his planning of the D-Day Normandy landings and subsequent invasions. The bunker ceased being used by the army in the 1950s but has been renamed The Eisenhower Centre and is used to store relevant archive documents and videos. One access point is still visible on Chenies Street, around the corner from the station entrance.
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