Combining original news-reels and recordings with special effects and testimonies from veterans of both the beaches and the tunnels, the opening of Dynamo: Rescue from Dunkirk at Dover Castle this weekend brings a major two-year project to a captivating end…
Workmen install a projector as 60 metres of the underground tunnels are transformed into the skies and seas above Dunkirk of May and June 1940
The coastal artillery operations room, which served as the command centre during the evacuation, is being restored to its wartime look and feel© Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery
Where plotters once pored over maps, now curators are putting the finishing touches to the room where they conspired
Prime Minister Winston Churchill (pictured with the mayor of Dover) made several visits to Dover Castle and the wartime tunnels© Imperial War Museum
Curator Joanne Gray ensures the Gun Operations Room is ready to welcome visitors on Friday (June 10)
- Open 10am-6pm. Admission £9.60-£14 (family ticket £41.60). See Culture24 this week for more on Operation Dynamo.
