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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

And British and Allied intelligence works best when you see it as each of those cogs added...

And British and Allied intelligence works best when you see it as each of those cogs added up to much more than the sum of their individual parts

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And British and Allied intelligence works best
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when you see it as each of those cogs added up
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to much more than the sum of their individual parts.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:01
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
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 • E01 His friend, Ted Warmsley, has lived here since childhood. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
His friend, Ted Warmsley, has lived here since childhood.
S01 • E06 The world's largest merchant navy - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The world's largest merchant navy
S01 • E04 The main idea behind these forts - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The main idea behind these forts
S01 • E05 The BBC said, "Well, let's go to Bristol." - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:18
The BBC said, "Well, let's go to Bristol."
S01 • E06 Shops and stores were full of luxurious items, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Shops and stores were full of luxurious items,
S01 • E01 We was always up here, playing up here, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
We was always up here, playing up here,
S01 • E03 Only eight of these ambitious deep shelters were completed - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Only eight of these ambitious deep shelters were completed
S01 • E04 But most of the structures built were far less complicated, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
But most of the structures built were far less complicated,
S01 • E08 And, as it turns out, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
And, as it turns out,
S01 • E07 Bletchley is most famous for breaking the secrets - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Bletchley is most famous for breaking the secrets
S01 • E01 (both laughing) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
(both laughing)
S01 • E02 This would have allowed the army, the reserves - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
This would have allowed the army, the reserves
S01 • E07 This portable coding device had made it possible - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
This portable coding device had made it possible
S01 • E04 You're gonna have this air force, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
You're gonna have this air force,
S01 • E06 As Nazi U-boats sank our ships in the Atlantic, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
As Nazi U-boats sank our ships in the Atlantic,
S01 • E03 I can't imagine a worse place to spend the night - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
I can't imagine a worse place to spend the night
S01 • E01 Everything was here just as they left it, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Everything was here just as they left it,
S01 • E04 But also you need an infrastructure - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
But also you need an infrastructure
S01 • E05 So after the outbreak of war, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
So after the outbreak of war,
S01 • E08 The weather certainly hasn't - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The weather certainly hasn't