Memorial unveiled to the deadliest war disaster kept secret for decades

Official secrets, a government cover-up and an attempt to avoid blame.For decades, little was known about the Bethnal Green Underground tragedy but a new memorial close to the site of the disaster hopes to provide a fitting place of remembrance for the victims and a way to shed light on the secrets that surrounded their deaths.On 3 March 1943, shortly after 8pm, 173 people were crushed to death as they rushed into the bomb shelter deep in Bethnal Green's Underground Station.