The Great Seige Tunnels is a must see when you visit Gibraltar, only open to the public since 2005. Taste the amazing part Gibraltar played in winning WW2, the war against Hitler. The more you get to know, the more you want to know. Its hard to believe that the 30 miles of tunnel inside the rock were hacked out by men with pickaxes on very little rations in the space of about year, that the inside of the rock became a ‘town’ with tunnels given names like Clapham Junction and the place where they situated the hospital inside the rock was named Harley Street , Gibraltarians were evacuated to other parts of the world returning years later. There is also the amazing secret of the ‘Stay Behind Cave’ . If Hitler had captured Gibraltar, six men were to stay behind and be sealed into a cave with no way out with provisions to last them around two years. They would spy on Hitler. Three signalmen were amongst them. If they died they would be cemented in the walls. The men were volunteers.
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