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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

And if they were going to mount a successful invasion of Britain, they'd have to make...

And if they were going to mount a successful invasion of Britain, they'd have to make their sea crossing as short as possible

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And if they were going to mount
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a successful invasion of Britain,
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they'd have to make their sea crossing as short as possible.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:37
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 The planners needed to understand what the terrain was like - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The planners needed to understand what the terrain was like
S01 • E07 The buildings, workshops and dry dock of Chatham - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
The buildings, workshops and dry dock of Chatham
S01 • E05 For the Auxiliary Unit members, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
For the Auxiliary Unit members,
S01 • E03 The war rooms became fully operational - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The war rooms became fully operational
S01 • E08 To solve the problem, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
To solve the problem,
S01 • E06 What you've gotta remember is, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
What you've gotta remember is,
S01 • E04 Before the Second World War, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Before the Second World War,
S01 • E01 And that meant targeting our coastline - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
And that meant targeting our coastline
S01 • E05 So some, you'd pull at what looked like a tree root, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So some, you'd pull at what looked like a tree root,
S01 • E02 So one of the issues with the Bristol Channel - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
So one of the issues with the Bristol Channel
S01 • E07 As we go through past 1943 into '44 and '45, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:19
As we go through past 1943 into '44 and '45,
S01 • E03 One week later, Britain declared war on Germany, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
One week later, Britain declared war on Germany,
S01 • E08 One of the quite bizarre methods they used - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
One of the quite bizarre methods they used
S01 • E05 Others, you'd have a specific colored marble, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Others, you'd have a specific colored marble,
S01 • E06 So by the time the Second World War breaks out, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
So by the time the Second World War breaks out,
S01 • E01 The most accessible shores ran from Lyme Regis in the west, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The most accessible shores ran from Lyme Regis in the west,
S01 • E02 So the port of Bridgewater - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
So the port of Bridgewater
S01 • E04 At 110 meters tall, the masts were double the size - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
At 110 meters tall, the masts were double the size
S01 • E03 The task to defend our nation was daunting. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
The task to defend our nation was daunting.
S01 • E08 Presumably, a lot of them were no help at all, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
Presumably, a lot of them were no help at all,