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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(atmospheric music) I think the Mulberry harbors are one of the most extraordinary...

(atmospheric music) I think the Mulberry harbors are one of the most extraordinary engineering feats ever undertaken

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I think the Mulberry harbors
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are one of the most extraordinary engineering feats
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ever undertaken.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:25
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 Living here in 1943 or 1944, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Living here in 1943 or 1944,
S01 • E01 So, I think there's nothing more natural - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So, I think there's nothing more natural
S01 • E03 Around 1,000 different types of decoys were built - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
Around 1,000 different types of decoys were built
S01 • E02 Your field of fire isn't that big, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Your field of fire isn't that big,
S01 • E07 You were getting up at three or four in the morning - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
You were getting up at three or four in the morning
S01 • E06 Most of these former prisoner of war camps - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
Most of these former prisoner of war camps
S01 • E01 Which was just as well, as Hitler's intrepid plan - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Which was just as well, as Hitler's intrepid plan
S01 • E08 The scale of them is two harbors - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
The scale of them is two harbors
S01 • E07 These crews have got to survive, at the start, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
These crews have got to survive, at the start,
S01 • E05 The idea that all these treasures from British galleries - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
The idea that all these treasures from British galleries
S01 • E01 Operation Sealion, the hope was that the Luftwaffe - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Operation Sealion, the hope was that the Luftwaffe
S01 • E02 The anti-tank island at Cheech St. Michael - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The anti-tank island at Cheech St. Michael
S01 • E04 Because there was a weakness in the system, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Because there was a weakness in the system,
S01 • E03 And none more impressive than this. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
And none more impressive than this.
S01 • E08 When this was first put forward, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
When this was first put forward,
S01 • E02 With large numbers of troops dug in alongside them, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
With large numbers of troops dug in alongside them,
S01 • E03 This site on top of Black Down here was the most complex - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
This site on top of Black Down here was the most complex
S01 • E01 So, Eagle Day was launched on the 13th of August, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
So, Eagle Day was launched on the 13th of August,
S01 • E05 By the summer of 1941 under the strictest of secrecy, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
By the summer of 1941 under the strictest of secrecy,
S01 • E07 The strategic bombing campaign is a bone of contention - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
The strategic bombing campaign is a bone of contention