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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

And you only have to spool forward four years to D-Day to realize how complicated it is to...

And you only have to spool forward four years to D-Day to realize how complicated it is to get an armada, a modern armada across, at its narrowest point, 20 odd miles of British channel

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And you only have to spool forward four years to D-Day
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to realize how complicated it is to get an armada,
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a modern armada across, at its narrowest point,
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20 odd miles of British channel.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:59
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 • E05 (birds chirp) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
(birds chirp)
S01 • E04 He had been working on detecting lightning strikes - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
He had been working on detecting lightning strikes
S01 • E07 Although the dockyard wasn't particularly hit - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:19
Although the dockyard wasn't particularly hit
S01 • E08 (speaking German) (dramatic music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
(speaking German) (dramatic music)
S01 • E03 It hadn't got deep, concrete air raid shelters put in place - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
It hadn't got deep, concrete air raid shelters put in...
S01 • E06 You've also got young men - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
You've also got young men
S01 • E02 All these pillboxes are the standard type 24 pillbox. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
All these pillboxes are the standard type 24 pillbox.
S01 • E04 So he was commissioned to take a look - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So he was commissioned to take a look
S01 • E02 The walls are made of 12-inch concrete, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The walls are made of 12-inch concrete,
S01 • E06 These are young men who are gonna end up - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
These are young men who are gonna end up
S01 • E05 (gunshots blast) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
(gunshots blast)
S01 • E01 At the same time, the British have gotta take it seriously. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
At the same time, the British have gotta take it seriously.
S01 • E02 The vast majority of the soldiers inside, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The vast majority of the soldiers inside,
S01 • E06 They're gonna end up in the Far East, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
They're gonna end up in the Far East,
S01 • E05 These tended to be, on the whole, farmers and farm workers, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
These tended to be, on the whole, farmers and farm workers,
S01 • E04 A whole series of trials were conducted - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
A whole series of trials were conducted
S01 • E08 This wall on Hankley Common - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
This wall on Hankley Common
S01 • E03 The first bomb to drop on London in World War II - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
The first bomb to drop on London in World War II
S01 • E02 At this point, because of the concentration of forces, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
At this point, because of the concentration of forces,
S01 • E01 It's the German navy, the German air force, the German army. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It's the German navy, the German air force, the German...