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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Back in those dark days when communities had to come together, it was all about overcoming...

Back in those dark days when communities had to come together, it was all about overcoming phenomenal adversity, death and destruction

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Back in those dark days
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when communities had to come together,
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it was all about overcoming
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phenomenal adversity, death and destruction.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:20
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E01 (airplane engines droning) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
(airplane engines droning)
S01 • E04 People didn't talk about it, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
People didn't talk about it,
S01 • E08 Would they be able to overcome the fearsome Atlantic Wall? - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Would they be able to overcome the fearsome Atlantic Wall?
S01 • E07 And with the Americans arriving in ever greater numbers, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And with the Americans arriving in ever greater numbers,
S01 • E04 There are stories where people would say - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
There are stories where people would say
S01 • E06 The other great advantage about rationing - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
The other great advantage about rationing
S01 • E02 They're concrete. They are well emplaced, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
They're concrete. They are well emplaced,
S01 • E08 And would - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
And would
S01 • E05 After being captured in the British military zone - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
After being captured in the British military zone
S01 • E03 In every week of the air war, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
In every week of the air war,
S01 • E02 I don't think an armored fighting vehicles or a tank - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
I don't think an armored fighting vehicles or a tank
S01 • E06 There's a kind of sort of egalitarianism about it, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
There's a kind of sort of egalitarianism about it,
S01 • E01 Had the Germans got past our outer defenses, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Had the Germans got past our outer defenses,
S01 • E08 The next 24 hours would change the course of history. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The next 24 hours would change the course of history.
S01 • E05 Joyce was hanged in January 1946, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Joyce was hanged in January 1946,
S01 • E04 This was a very, very significant part of our history - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
This was a very, very significant part of our history
S01 • E07 While the British were bombing Germany by night, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
While the British were bombing Germany by night,
S01 • E02 And here at Chard, we've got a row - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
And here at Chard, we've got a row
S01 • E03 From their suffering is born a grim resolve to fight back - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
From their suffering is born a grim resolve to fight back
S01 • E01 Areas like Weybourne in Norfolk, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Areas like Weybourne in Norfolk,