World War II in England

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

This World War II airfield is the last place the bandleader performed before he disappeared.

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.