article_snippet.sent: Ministry of Defence 1, also known as ‘Churchill’s Toyshop’, was a  weapons laboratory set up in 1939 by Winston Churchill - a firm believer in the importance of science and technology in warfare.
article_snippet.sent: He encouraged He scientists to trial even the most absurd of inventions - many of which never made it beyond the drawing board - but some were so successful that some played a vital role in ending World War Two.
article_snippet.sent: You can read more about Churchill's 'mad science'  in issue 22 of All About History .
article_snippet.sent: Despite this, 2.5 million were made and used between 1940 and 1943.
article_snippet.sent: is shown being assembled in 1943. 
article_snippet.sent: Britain's Mad Scientist' in issue 22 of All About History, on sale now .
highlights_snippet.sent: Churchill's Toyshop' operated out of London at first in World War Two .
  