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 Wire

placeholder image — 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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