Beneath the Kremlin: The Secret Metro‑2 Network
Beneath Moscow there is said to be a second, secret metro for the country's leaders. Parts of the story are documented, and the rest is rumour that nobody in power will confirm.
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Object 221: The Black Sea Fleet’s Secret Doomsday Bunker
Hidden in a Crimean mountain under 180 metres of rock, Object 221 was meant to run the Soviet Black Sea Fleet through a nuclear war. It was never finished, then looted, and now it may be back in military hands.
Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker: Britain’s Hidden Cold War Command Post
Behind an ordinary-looking bungalow in the Essex countryside, a 100-yard tunnel leads down to a three-level bunker about 125 feet underground. Built in 1952 as an RAF command centre, it became a regional government headquarters for a nuclear war, and is now a museum.
Plokštinė Missile Base: The Secret Soviet Silos in the Samogitian Forest
Deep in a forest in north-west Lithuania, about 10,000 Soviet soldiers built an underground base for four nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe. It was one of the first of its kind, was kept secret for years and was abandoned in 1978. Today one of its silos is a museum.
Mamerki: The Army High Command’s Secret Bunker City in the Masurian Forest
Twenty kilometres from the Wolf's Lair, the German army built a hidden town of more than 200 structures. The Germans never blew it up, so the concrete is still there.
The Wolf’s Lair: Hitler’s Forest Headquarters on the Eastern Front
A camouflaged bunker town in the Masurian woods, where Hitler spent more than 800 days, survived a bomb on 20 July 1944 and was blown up by his own army as the Red Army closed in.