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<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" text="white" link="yellow" vlink="yellow" bgcolor="silver"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">This Discover Gibraltar website gives a comprehensive overview of Gibraltar including Gibraltar's history, heritage and tourist attractions. Gibraltar's geography, geology and wildlife are also discussed. Visit Gibraltar and experience the tourist attractions and activities around the Rock of Gibraltar. The Rock of Gibraltar map provides good information about tours such as Tunnels, Fortifications, Rock Apes and Dolphins.</font> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">The Official Government of Gibraltar London Office website, the Government of Gibraltar Tourist Board website, the gibraltar.gi website and the gibnet.com website may provide further Gibraltar Information & Images. Gibraltar hotels are busy with tourists all year round, Gibraltar accommodation is mainly in or close to the town area, this includes The Rock Hotel (known as the Gibraltar hotel), The Caleta Hotel, (formally known as the Caleta Palace Hotel), The O'Callaghan Elliot Hotel (Gibraltar Elliot Hotel), Gibraltar Queens Hotel and Gibraltar Bristol Hotel.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Gibraltar sightseeing maps and tours are discussed including apes, dolphins, tunnels, guns and fortifications. Gibraltar accommodation, hotels and places to stay will be added later.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">The Gibraltar Trade Center plays host to many clients each year, many use the Discover Gibraltar website to find out about Gibraltar. This website is a must if you intend to visit Gibraltar.</font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black">discovergibraltar.com is the work of professional photographer Jim Crone. This extensive website explores all aspects of the Rock's history, heritage and attractions. The website is aimed at those with an academic interest in Gibraltar whilst also providing tourists with a very good overview of places of interest.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">discovergibraltar.com is the biggest Gibraltar website with more than 300 pages covering history, heritage and attractions. There are over 1000 photographs, panoramas, maps and diagrams. The Rock of Gibraltar map and Gibraltar tours such as Tunnels, Fortifications, Rock Apes and Dolphins are described. Gibraltar diving activities are extensive with some of the best wreck and reef diving in the region as well as courses for beginners.</font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black">Gibraltar dominates the entrance to the Mediterranean between the southern tip of Spain and the continent of Africa. Both famous and enigmatic, Gibraltar contains some of the most extensive military fortifications in Europe, spanning over 1200 years of Moorish, Spanish and British history. Visitors to Gibraltar can enjoy some of the finest caves in Europe as well as the famous semi-wild Gibraltar apes. Many more features of Gibraltar make it unique historically and geographically, please enjoy the wealth of information on this Gibraltar website.</font></p> <center> <p><a href="mainlogo/mainfrm.htm" target="_top"><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black"><b>Enter Gibraltar</b></font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Much of the content of this website would not have been possible without the kind and much appreciated assistance of the Gibraltar Tourist Board.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Aerial photos courtesy of Estoril Ltd. Gibraltar<br> All other photos, video and VR panos by Jim Crone Photography unless otherwise credited.</font></p> </center> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Many people spell Gibraltar with an ER as in Gibralter. This is incorrect.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">The history of Gibraltar is described in the Gibraltar history section. Other sections deal with the geography of the Gibraltar Rock or Rock of Gibraltar as it is more commonly known. The Gibraltar Map page provides the main entry into the the website content.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Sightseeing in Gibraltar is easy with the Rock Tours, there are several ways to see Gibraltar and all are close to Gibraltar accommodation such as hotels and hostels. The Gibraltar Tourist Board has information centres where the Gibraltar News, photographs and images of Gibraltar can be found as well as Gibraltar maps.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Gibraltar military fortifications and gun batteries are presented in great detail on the website, this also includes a major section on Operation Tracer - Stay Behind Cave - which is one of Gibraltar's most enigmatic World War Two stories.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">The Strait of Gibraltar or Straits of Gibraltar are clearly seen during the approach of every flight to Gibraltar especially if the Gibraltar weather is good. It was here that proposals were made for the building of the Gibraltar bridge. The number of people arriving at the Gibraltar airport for a Gibraltar holiday is many thousands, many have had Gibraltar holidays before. Car hire in Gibraltar is available with several companies, there are many cheap flights to Gibraltar, with British Airways and Monarch Airlines being the main carriers.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">The Gibraltar flag flies over the Gibraltar Bank whose emblem is the Strait of Gibraltar Map, along with Lloyds offshore and HSBC offshore there are many banks providing offshore accounts in Gibraltar. Most tourists in Gibraltar will not be aware of the activities of the Gibraltar Finance Centre which is actually the Gibraltar DTTI, Department of Trade, Transport and Industry.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">You can explore Gibraltar via other websites such as; www.gibraltar.gov.uk, www.gibraltar.gov.gi, www.gibnet.com, gibraltar.com. Gibraltar News Links include; Gibnews.net, Gibraltar Inquirer, Gibraltar Magazine, Gibraltar News Online, Gibraltar Viewpoint, Insight Magazine, Panorama and The Gibraltar Chronicle, which is the longest running daily news paper in Gibraltar, its arhives contain editions reporting on the Battle of Trafalgar.</font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black"><b>German troops capture Gibraltar in Operation Felix official photographs</b></font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black">On the 19th and 20th of January 2008 many familiar areas around Gibraltar were transformed into scenes from the Second World War. Experienced re-enactment groups fully equipped with authentic German and British uniforms took part in the filming of a documentary about Operation Felix, Hitler's ill-fated plan to seize Gibraltar in 1941. The plan was never implemented for a number of political and military reasons at that time, however most historians believe that Gibraltar would have fallen to Germany if the operation had gone ahead. The documentary is being produced by Martin Nuza for Gold Productions Studios.</font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black">The event was a once in a lifetime experience for all concerned, the result of two years planning involving special permits, police traffic control and a number of companies and individuals providing greatly appreciated help. The first day of filming started with a full scale assault and battle at Eastern Beach followed by the capture of the Rock and the seeking out of enemy troops inside the tunnel system. On the second day filming included an ordinary daily scene at Secretary's Lane and a visit from military high command to the German Head Quarters at Bleak House.</font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black">All of the action has been captured in a series of stunning images by professional photographer Jim Crone from discovergibraltar.com, Jim was the official photographer on set for Gold Productions Studios. The photographs below are the first of many that will be used for the purpose of the documentary and have been produced in the photographic style of the period.</font></p> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2" color="black">The full story of <b>Operation Felix</b> will be added to this website later this year in association with Producer Martin Nuza and Gold Productions Studios.</font></p> <p><font color="black"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#990000" colspan="3"> <center> <font color="white" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2"><b>Discover Gibraltar index</b></font></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <center> <font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="350"> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="other/military/optracer/trcrstrt.htm" target="mainfrm"><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2"><b>Operation Tracer - Stay Behind Cave</b></font></a> <p><font face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Click to find out about Gibraltar's top secret WW2 Operation Tracer. We would also like to hear from anyone who may have further information.</font></td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> </font></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>A</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/south/tongun/tonfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">100 Ton Gun</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="buttons/credits.htm" target="mainfrm">After the Battle</a><br> Airport<br> <a href="sites/town/Jalameda/almfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Alameda Gardens</a><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Algeciras</a><a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> American War Memorial</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/apes/apestxt.htm" target="mainfrm">Apes</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>B</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="other/military/tgf.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Batteries</font></a><a href="sites/east/eastfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> Beaches</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Bolonia</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Jalameda/almfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Botanic Gardens</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>C</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="sites/upprok/uprkfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Cable Car</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Carteia</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Casemates</a><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Castellar</a><a href="sites/east/eastfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> Catalan Bay</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Cathedral of Holy Trinity</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned</a><br> <a href="other/geol/geol.htm" target="mainfrm">Caves</a><br> Ceremony of the Keys<br> Changing of the Guard<br> <a href="sites/upprok/uprkfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Charles V Wall</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Churches</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">City Hall</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/ctysg/ctysgfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">City Under Siege Exhibition</a><br> <a href="other/levanter/cloudfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Climate</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Convent</a><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>D</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/upprok/devgap/dgapfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Devil's Gap Battery</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> Devil's Tongue<br> Devil's Tower<br> <a href="sites/bay/wrecks/wrekfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Diving</a><br> <a href="sites/bay/dolphins/dolfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Dolphin Watching</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/dougpath/dougfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Douglas Path</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>E</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/east/eastfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Eastern Beach</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/Jalameda/almfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Eliott's Monument</a><br> <a href="sites/south/epoint/epontfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Europa Point Lighthouse</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>F</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="sites/upprok/annbatt/annfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Farringdon's Battery</font></a><a href="other/flora/flor.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> Flora and Fauna</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="other/military/tgf.htm" target="mainfrm">Fortifications</a><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>G</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Garrison Library</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gates</a><br> <a href="other/geog/geogfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Geography<br> </a><a href="other/geol/geol.htm" target="mainfrm">Geology</a><br> <a href="gibmap/gibfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gibraltar</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Jalameda/almfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gibraltar Botanic Gardens</a><br> <a href="gibmap/gibfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gibraltar map<br> </a><a href="model/modfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gibraltar Model</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Emuseum/musfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gibraltar Museum</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Gibraltar War Memorial</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/medstps/medfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Goats Hair Twin Caves</a><br> Gorham's Cave<br> <a href="sites/upprok/gtseg/gtsegfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Great Siege Tunnels</a><br> <a href="other/military/tgf.htm" target="mainfrm">Gun Batteries</a><br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>H</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/upprok/roylang/angfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Hayne's Cave Battery<br> </font></a><a href="other/history/history.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">History</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">House of Assembly</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>I</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/south/mosque/mosque.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Ibrahim AI-Ibrahim Mosque</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>J</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/upprok/jew/jewfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Jews Gate</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Jimena</a><br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>K</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">King's Bastion</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/Fkngschap/kngsfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Kings Chapel</a><br> Koelher Gun<br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>L</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">La Linea</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Landport Gate</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Landport Tunnel</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/levbat/levfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Levant Battery</a><br> <a href="other/levanter/cloudfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Levanter cloud</a><br> <a href="sites/south/epoint/epontfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Lighthouse</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Line Wall</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/ohar/aireys/airyfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Lord Airey's Battery</a><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Los Barrios</a><br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>M</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="other/geog/geogfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Maps</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> Marina Bay<br> Marinas<br> Markets<br> <a href="sites/upprok/medstps/medfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Martins Cave</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/medstps/medfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Mediterranean Steps</a><br> Military Ceremonies<br> <a href="sites/upprok/milhc/milhc.htm" target="mainfrm">Military Heritage Centre</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/apes/apestxt.htm" target="mainfrm">Monkeys</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm">Montagu Counterguard</a><br> Monuments<br> <a href="sites/town/Emuseum/musfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Moorish Baths</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/moor/moorfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Moorish Castle</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Emuseum/musfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Museum</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>N</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/town/Emuseum/musfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Neanderthal Man</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/south/tongun/tonfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Nelson's Anchorage</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>O</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/upprok/ohar/ohfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">0'Hara's Tower</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/upprok/ohar/ohfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">0'Hara's Battery</a><br> <a href="other/military/optracer/trcrstrt.htm" target="mainfrm">Operation Tracer</a><br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>P</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/south/plodge/parsfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Parsons Lodge</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/upprok/jew/jewfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Pillars of Hercules</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Prince Edward's Gate</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/annbatt/annfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Princess Amelia's Battery</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/annbatt/annfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Princess Anne's Battery</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/annbatt/annfrmf.htm" target="mainfrm">Princess Royal's Battery</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>Q</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/upprok/tuntour/18thcent/18thfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Queens Gallery</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>R</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Ragged Staff Gate</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Referendum Gate</a><br> <a href="model/modfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Rock Model</a><br> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Roman Ruins</a><a href="sites/upprok/roylang/angfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> Rooke Battery</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/roylang/angfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Royal Anglian Way</a><br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>S</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">San Roque</font></a><a href="sites/east/eastfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> Sandy Bay</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/bay/wrecks/wrekfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Shipwrecks</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/cabletop/topfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Signal Hill Battery</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Southport Gates</a><a href="sites/upprok/stmka/stmkafrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> </a><a href="sites/upprok/spurbat/spurfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Spur Battery</a> <a href="sites/upprok/stmka/stmkafrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> </a><a href="other/military/optracer/trcrstrt.htm" target="mainfrm">Stay Behind Cave</a><a href="sites/upprok/stmka/stmkafrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> St Michael's Cave</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/stmkb/stmkbfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">St Michael's Cave (Lower)</a><a href="buttons/credits.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> Strong as the Rock of Gibraltar</a><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>T</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="spain/spainfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Tarifa</font></a><a href="sites/upprok/uprkfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> Taxi Tours</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="other/history/treaty.htm" target="mainfrm">Treaty of Utrecht</a><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Trafalgar Cemetery</a><br> <a href="other/military/tgf.htm" target="mainfrm">Tunnel Tours</a><br> <a href="other/military/tgf.htm" target="mainfrm">Tunnels</a><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>U</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="sites/upprok/uprkfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Upper Rock Nature Reserve</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>W</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td><a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Walls</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <a href="sites/town/townfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">War Memorials</a><a href="sites/east/eastfrm.htm" target="mainfrm"><br> Water Catchments</a><br> <a href="other/levanter/cloudfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Weather</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Awalls/walstart.htm" target="mainfrm">Wellington Front</a><br> <a href="sites/town/Jalameda/almfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Wellington's Monument</a><br> <a href="sites/upprok/tuntour/18thcent/18thfrm.htm" target="mainfrm">Willis's Battery</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right"> <font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><b>Z</b></font></div> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td> <div align="left"> <a href="sites/town/Jalameda/almfrm.htm"><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Zoo</font></a><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial"><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> </table> </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Official Government of Gibraltar London website<br> Government office in London, UK. Reference site for visitors.<br> <a href="http://www.gibraltar.gov.uk" target="mainfrm">www.gibraltar.gov.uk</a></font></p> <div align="left"> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Government of Gibraltar<br> <a href="http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi" target="mainfrm">www.gibraltar.gov.gi</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Geneva,Arial" color="black">Gibraltar - Wikipedia<br> Encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.<br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar" target="mainfrm">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar</a></font></p> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Exciting new information has come to light regarding Gibraltar's infamous Stay Behind Cave or Operation Tracer to give it its proper name.</font></p> </div> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">This was one of the best kept secrets of WW2. In the event of Gibraltar being captured by German forces, six men would have been sealed into a secret chamber in which they would have been expected to survive and observe the activities of the Germans for a period of one year or more. In 1997 Stay Behind Cave was discovered in Gibraltar but unfortunately no account was ever obtained from anyone associated with the mission. These individuals have remained as elusive as the chamber itself. Thankfully this situation has now changed.</font></p> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">In November 2006 Jim Crone from discovergibraltar.com and Sergeant Major Pete Jackson MBE, senior tunnel guide with the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, had the immense privilege of meeting possibly the only member of Operation Tracer still alive today. Jim and Pete travelled to meet Dr. W. A. Bruce Cooper at his home in England.</font></p> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Dr Cooper (92 years) provided a fabulous opportunity to shed light on Tracer with his direct involvement in the mission as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). Despite fading memories, both Pete, Jim and others present at the meeting helped Dr Cooper recall stories about his colleagues, his training, and his feelings about such an incredible task. His exceptional career in the RNVR was discussed including his voluntary service on board hospital ship SS Uganda during the Falklands War at the age of 67.</font></p> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Rumours about a secret chamber in Gibraltar have persisted since the war and many people devoted considerable amounts of their time to exploring Gibraltar's existing tunnels, caves and sheer cliffs in the hope of finding it. On the 26th December 1996 the Gibraltar Caving Group discovered a sophisticated secret complex hidden close to Lord Airey's Battery at the top of the southern end of the Rock. The discovery happened when the group encountered a strong gust of wind in a tunnel. Further searching led them to carefully break through a wall into chambers which had never been used and had remained sealed for over fifty years. The rooms were without doubt intended for use in Operation Tracer, and became affectionately known as Stay Behind Cave. In September 1998, a Mr Dennis Woods returned to Gibraltar for the first time in over fifty years and made himself known as having been involved in the construction of this facility (known in his day as Braithwaite's Cave on account of the Commanding Officer's name). Confirmed was thus given as to the authenticity of this unique site. During Mr Dennis Woods 1998 visit he is reputed to have said "there where two other teams working in Gibraltar but this one was the main one". This stirred up interest in the possibility a second secret chamber yet to be discovered.</font></p> <center> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="1"><img height="180" width="120" src="other/military/optracer/coopics/dwoods.jpg" border="0"><br> Mr Dennis Woods 1998</font></p> </center> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Interestingly, Dr Coopers description of the secret chamber that he was taken to in 1942 is somewhat different to the layout of Stay Behind Cave. This has yet again fuelled existing rumours that a second secret chamber exists. There is a sketch of such a chamber in our research files, it originated from an MI6 source. Further information has come from a former GCHQ telegraphist which suggests that tandem Operation Tracer units operated during the Suez crisis, so this may also have been the case in Gibraltar. Although it is very possible that Dr Coopers memory is playing tricks with him, it has nevertheless been prudent to conduct a series of searches of the Upper Rock during January 2007. A number of key areas have been identified within MOD property. As yet nothing has been discovered.</font></p> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">When Dr Cooper was shown photographs and diagrams of the OP (Observation Post) found in 1996, he felt very strongly that it was not what he experienced in 1942. Further questioning with the aid of aerial photographs and views of Gibraltar only reinforced his opinion that he was not involved with anything at the southern area of the Rock which is the location of the OP discovered in 1996. He also described his OP as having no stairways leading to the lookout holes. His firm opinion, despite faded memories was of lookout holes being at opposite ends of the same room. This is not the case with the 1996 discovery.</font></p> <p><font color="black" face="Geneva,Arial" size="2">Discussions are currently taking place in the hope of bringing Dr Cooper to Gibraltar to reunite him with Stay Behind Cave or to possibly identify the whereabouts of a second secret chamber.</font> </body>