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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(airplane engines droning) Identifying enemy planes against a night sky was challenging,...

(airplane engines droning) Identifying enemy planes against a night sky was challenging, so silhouette charts helped the uninitiated distinguish between friend or foe

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(airplane engines droning)
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Identifying enemy planes
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against a night sky was challenging,
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so silhouette charts helped the uninitiated
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distinguish between friend or foe.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:21
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Canal+ España,Rosa García Producciones Cinematográficas

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Movie Summary

During World War II, the British built or reinforced a series of structures consisting of over 26,000 buildings to form a line of defence against an expected German invasion. Rob Bell travels around the UK to learn their secrets.
S01 • E08 Would they be able to overcome the fearsome Atlantic Wall? - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Would they be able to overcome the fearsome Atlantic Wall?
S01 • E07 And with the Americans arriving in ever greater numbers, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And with the Americans arriving in ever greater numbers,
S01 • E04 There are stories where people would say - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
There are stories where people would say
S01 • E06 The other great advantage about rationing - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
The other great advantage about rationing
S01 • E02 They're concrete. They are well emplaced, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
They're concrete. They are well emplaced,
S01 • E08 And would - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
And would
S01 • E05 After being captured in the British military zone - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
After being captured in the British military zone
S01 • E03 In every week of the air war, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
In every week of the air war,
S01 • E02 I don't think an armored fighting vehicles or a tank - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
I don't think an armored fighting vehicles or a tank
S01 • E06 There's a kind of sort of egalitarianism about it, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
There's a kind of sort of egalitarianism about it,
S01 • E01 Had the Germans got past our outer defenses, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Had the Germans got past our outer defenses,
S01 • E05 Joyce was hanged in January 1946, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Joyce was hanged in January 1946,
S01 • E08 The next 24 hours would change the course of history. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The next 24 hours would change the course of history.
S01 • E04 This was a very, very significant part of our history - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
This was a very, very significant part of our history
S01 • E07 While the British were bombing Germany by night, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
While the British were bombing Germany by night,
S01 • E02 And here at Chard, we've got a row - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
And here at Chard, we've got a row
S01 • E03 From their suffering is born a grim resolve to fight back - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
From their suffering is born a grim resolve to fight back
S01 • E01 Areas like Weybourne in Norfolk, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Areas like Weybourne in Norfolk,
S01 • E06 So it's about keeping them healthy - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
So it's about keeping them healthy
S01 • E04 The contribution of women and their stories in radar - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
The contribution of women and their stories in radar