Video: Take a look inside England's hidden village

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Aug 2016, 11:49 GMT
Updated 23rd Aug 2016, 13:54 GMT
A Routemaster bus passes bulidings and former houses in the desserted village of Imber on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, where residents were evicted in 1943 to provide an exercise area for US troops preparing to invade Europe. Image: Ben Birchall/PA WireA Routemaster bus passes bulidings and former houses in the desserted village of Imber on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, where residents were evicted in 1943 to provide an exercise area for US troops preparing to invade Europe. Image: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
A Routemaster bus passes bulidings and former houses in the desserted village of Imber on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, where residents were evicted in 1943 to provide an exercise area for US troops preparing to invade Europe. Image: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
WATCH an aerial view of Imber, the English village that became an exercise area for US troops preparing to invade Europe in 1943.

The uninhabited village is in Wiltshire.

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