Liverpool Blitz: 1am

While emergency services fight fires at street level, beneath their feet Royal Navy and RAF staff fight the battle against German submarines. Staff at Western Approaches plot the movement of vessels across the Atlantic from the safety of their bombproof basement headquarters.

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Western Approaches Command Centre, with Admiral Horton, Commander in Chief, at the foot of the ladder
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