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Top secret documents giving orders for the D-Day landings have been found under hotel floorboards after being discarded by Army chiefs seventy years ago.
The Balmer Lawn Hotel in Brockenhurst, Hants, was used as an army staff college during WWII and was involved in the planning of the Normandy invasion.
Half a bin bag's worth of typed documents and envelopes, some marked "On His Majesty's Secret Service", were found during refurbishments of the luxury four-star hotel.
Most are thought to relate to the Canadian military who were based at Balmer Lawn during the war.
Hotel owner Chris Wilson said: "We've found spent ammunition under floorboards before, but never this quantity of documents. It ties the hotel to its history.
Top secret documents giving orders for the D-Day landings have been found under hotel floorboards after being discarded by Army chiefs seventy years ago.
The Balmer Lawn Hotel in Brockenhurst, Hants, was used as an army staff college during WWII and was involved in the planning of the Normandy invasion.
Half a bin bag's worth of typed documents and envelopes, some marked "On His Majesty's Secret Service", were found during refurbishments of the luxury four-star hotel.
Most are thought to relate to the Canadian military who were based at Balmer Lawn during the war.
Hotel owner Chris Wilson said: "We've found spent ammunition under floorboards before, but never this quantity of documents. It ties the hotel to its history.