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There are lots of places around the south coast with, shall we say, somewhat tenuous links to D-Day, Eisenhower, Monty or Churchill. Droxford Railway Station does at least have a genuine connection. https://twitter.com/henryspil/status/1360879365777743875
On 2 June 1944, Churchill and his party, including his chief of staff General Hastings Ismay, South African prime minister Field Marshall Jan Smuts, took a personal train from London down to the sidings alongside the station. This would be Churchill's HQ for the next few days.
This was a pretty stupid thing to do, but probably reflects Churchill's desire to be near the centre of the action. Ismay didn't find it the most convenient HQ though, and a single telephone for three such senior figures highlights this.
Nevertheless, Churchill seemed to enjoy it and motored out to Portsmouth, Southampton and Southwick frequently. In his memoirs he seems to have found the carriages a pleasant atmosphere.
It was at Droxford that Churchill met General De Gaulle and in their fairly brief meeting probably se the course for rocky Anglo French relations for the next few decades.
It seems Churchill intended to be in the carriage on D-Day itself, but with the 24 hour postponement, that was not to be. They left late in the afternoon of 5 June and returned to London. Probably to everyone else's relief.
There's actually a really good Wikipedia article about the station that you can read here. It's a featured article, which means its been torn apart and cross checked in a review process, so it's well referenced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droxford_railway_station
