So, within this operations room, you'd have a massive, great big table with a map on it,...
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So, within this operations room, you'd have a massive, great big table with a map on it, and you'd have maybe eight or ten WAAF women of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in uniform, with these very large metallic rods, a bit like croupier rods, moving these counters, which, basically, said how many aircraft there were, their position, and their height, and these would be continually moved around
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So, within this operations room,
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you'd have a massive, great big table with a map on it,
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and you'd have maybe eight or ten WAAF women
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of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in uniform,
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with these very large metallic rods,
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a bit like croupier rods, moving these counters,
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which, basically, said how many aircraft there were,
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their position, and their height,
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and these would be continually moved around.
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During World War II, the British built or reinforced a series of structures consisting of over 26,000 buildings to form a line of defence against an expected German invasion. Rob Bell travels around the UK to learn their secrets.
