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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

At night, people would arrive from Cambridge, or wherever, by road and be dropped off to...

At night, people would arrive from Cambridge, or wherever, by road and be dropped off to join their squadron

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At night, people would arrive from Cambridge,
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or wherever, by road and be dropped off
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to join their squadron.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:13
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 • E08 The pier that we're sitting on at this moment - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:22
The pier that we're sitting on at this moment
S01 • E02 And look ahead, you can see the pillbox - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
And look ahead, you can see the pillbox
S01 • E05 And they're also using a Fallschirmjager division, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And they're also using a Fallschirmjager division,
S01 • E01 So, you're not sniping at individual soldiers, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
So, you're not sniping at individual soldiers,
S01 • E06 You also have quite a complicated kind of interface - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
You also have quite a complicated kind of interface
S01 • E07 One young airman arrives at night, goes to bed, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
One young airman arrives at night, goes to bed,
S01 • E03 Later on, they discovered that if they hung - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:19
Later on, they discovered that if they hung
S01 • E04 Exposed to the elements, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Exposed to the elements,
S01 • E05 So there's your attacking divisions in the very first wave, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
So there's your attacking divisions in the very first...
S01 • E02 'Cause we've got these two emplacements - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
'Cause we've got these two emplacements
S01 • E01 The original Vickers gun - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The original Vickers gun
S01 • E02 And I'm just fascinated by the fact that these - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
And I'm just fascinated by the fact that these
S01 • E02 Extra protection that the hills - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Extra protection that the hills
S01 • E05 (gunshots blast) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
(gunshots blast)
S01 • E07 Even before the airmen reached enemy territory, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Even before the airmen reached enemy territory,
S01 • E01 This impressive, belt-fed machine gun - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
This impressive, belt-fed machine gun
S01 • E08 So there would have been hundreds of thousands of troops - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
So there would have been hundreds of thousands of troops
S01 • E04 Here on the south coast, at Newhaven, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Here on the south coast, at Newhaven,
S01 • E06 And it's kind of one of those great unsaids - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And it's kind of one of those great unsaids
S01 • E02 They've done that all the way along this stop line, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
They've done that all the way along this stop line,