Churchill's secret World War II bunker unearthed in Coleshill

London, July 10 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a secret World War II 'bunker' that was used to train ordinary British people.

The site, discovered in Coleshill was used by former British PM Winston Churchill as a base to train guerrillas in the event of an invasion from Germany.

The latest investigation was organized by Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART), managed by the Great War Archaeology Group and aided by site owner the National Trust, the University of Bristol and exploration group Subterranea Britannica.

Major finds include what is either the entrance to another bunker nearby or a demonstration model of a counterweighted trapdoor entrance to one, and also the concrete bases of long gone buildings used by trainers and trainees.

The research team's Tom Sykes said the latest find was "very exciting".

"It's nice that after 70 years, and with the help of the National Trust, we're able to uncover more of the secrets that Churchill probably wouldn't have wanted us to know about," Skyes said.

"What we have uncovered is evidence that there is plenty more to be uncovered. The biggest thing is that by finding the shaft near the existing operational base, we have confirmed that there are probably more," he said.

"We suspected this all along, and it needs further investigation. This is probably merely the beginning," he added.

Prior to the archaeological dig at Coleshill, investigators found traces of living quarters in the stable block, the foundations of the old house, a guard house on an approach road, the remains of weapons and other equipment and an underground training base in the nearby woods. (ANI)