Fort Henry was built in 1943 as an observation bunker. Its one of several structures built to defend Studland Bay from possible German invasion along. Its name derives from the home base in Ontario of the Canadian Royal Engineers who built it.
On 18 April 1944, six weeks before D-Day, Winston Churchill, King George VI, Dwight D Eisenhower, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Acting Admiral Mountbatten met at the observation point to witness the largest live ammunition practice of the entire war.
The bunker is now Grade II listed and owned by the National Trust
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