The Secret Bunker

1. The Secret Bunker 1980’s RESEARCH

2. What this is about • In this presentation, we will research the following: • Key People in Britain in the 1980s • Facts about the Cold War in the 1980s • Numbers • Places • Dates • Costumes • Any other relevant information

3. Key People Key Figures in Britain in the early 1980s included the Government, under Margaret Thatcher, as well as Lord William Whitelaw (Deputy Prime Minister), John Biffen (Lord Privy Seal) and Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer), as well as Edwin Bramall (Baron Bramall) who was Field Marshal of the British Army in 1983 and Sir Keith Williamson, Chief of the Air Staff in 1983. Lord William Whitelaw Margaret Thatcher Baron Bramall

4. Facts • By late 1983 in the Cold War: • Britain were allies with America against the Soviet Union, with the USSR and America being the 2 superpowers of the war. • Relations with the USSR, by the time of 1983, were quite poor but deteriorated quite badly because of Thatcher's strong response to the invasion of Afghanistan. • A reason behind this is the USSR believing (later revealed to be true) British spies had infiltrated high power positions in Moscow: in other words, Britain were seen as a country not to be trusted even if they weren't as much a threat as America. • However, they did improve (in a sense) by winning the Falkands War with Argentina and exceeding the USSR's expectations. • In that year, the Cold War very nearly became World War III when Soviet forces shot down a Korean Air Lines flight on the 1st September, convinced it was a US spyplane. This shootdown became one of the tensest moments of the Cold War with the Soviets claiming the US were trying to provoke a war whilst the US claimed the Soviets obstructed rescue attempts and deliberately withheld evidence. If this were to result in WW3, then the chance of nuclear weapon usage was high and Britain (as well as a majority of Europe) would have suffered more from this than America due to the fact the missiles would have to go over Europe to get to America.

5. Numbers • 1559: The distance between (London, United Kingdom and Moscow, USSR) for a missile to travel. • 4: the length of time for a warning for Britons that a nuclear missile has been launched and for them to get to safety. This warning, early in the Cold War, came from Jodrell Bank. • 99: The number of red balloons mistaken by Germans for missiles that eventually result in nuclear war. Whilst this is technically a song, it still shows what could happen if simple mistakes could spark war. • 21,000: The amount of warheads shared by the USSR and America. The US had 11,000 whilst the Soviets had 10,000. • 32: At least the min. number of people who died in the Cold War fighting for America.