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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

And, as it turns out, you can now look at those charts as they were coming in at the time,...

And, as it turns out, you can now look at those charts as they were coming in at the time, and a modern meteorologist would look at that and say to you Stagg got very, very lucky

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And, as it turns out,
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you can now look at those charts
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as they were coming in at the time,
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and a modern meteorologist would look at that
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and say to you Stagg got very, very lucky.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:11
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
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 • 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 • 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 • E01 (both laughing) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
(both laughing)
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 • 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 • 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 • E04 But also you need an infrastructure - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
But also you need an infrastructure
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 • 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
S01 • E03 You know, the one thing you may have noticed - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
You know, the one thing you may have noticed
S01 • E04 It's even something as basic - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
It's even something as basic
S01 • E01 This was a World War II coastal defense battery - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
This was a World War II coastal defense battery
S01 • E02 So this example of one of the defenses - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
So this example of one of the defenses
S01 • E06 You've got to remember in the '30s - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
You've got to remember in the '30s
S01 • E08 So here is a map of the weather on the 6th of June, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
So here is a map of the weather on the 6th of June,
S01 • E07 Vital for conducting Blitzkrieg warfare. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Vital for conducting Blitzkrieg warfare.
S01 • E03 So, you know, there's really not a lot of places - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So, you know, there's really not a lot of places
S01 • E02 Walking along the canal, you've got undergrowth, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Walking along the canal, you've got undergrowth,