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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(bombs exploding) Sometimes it would only be a few casualties, tens

(bombs exploding) Sometimes it would only be a few casualties, tens

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Sometimes it would only be a few casualties, tens.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:55
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 It would have been a lot quicker to build - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
It would have been a lot quicker to build
S01 • E05 There's a really good example in Cornwall - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
There's a really good example in Cornwall
S01 • E04 So, subsequently, Malvern eventually seems to get - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So, subsequently, Malvern eventually seems to get
S01 • E07 It was the tale of how a group of intellectual misfits - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
It was the tale of how a group of intellectual misfits
S01 • E05 The first people that patrol would have - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
The first people that patrol would have
S01 • E01 The radar center, in particular, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The radar center, in particular,
S01 • E04 (soft electronic music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
(soft electronic music)
S01 • E06 (sirens wailing) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
(sirens wailing)
S01 • E03 But during those 50 odd nights from September 1940, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
But during those 50 odd nights from September 1940,
S01 • E02 There would have been a railway track - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
There would have been a railway track
S01 • E02 So why on earth are you gonna put - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So why on earth are you gonna put
S01 • E08 I think there was probably in excess of 800 vessels - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I think there was probably in excess of 800 vessels
S01 • E05 To this day, many members of local communities - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
To this day, many members of local communities
S01 • E01 A load of pigeons are nesting on it, you can see from afar. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
A load of pigeons are nesting on it, you can see from afar.
S01 • E08 Well, they landed on what many know as bloody Omaha, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:19
Well, they landed on what many know as bloody Omaha,
S01 • E07 In 1938, with war seeming inevitable, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
In 1938, with war seeming inevitable,
S01 • E01 The challenge more is not that it's World War II, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
The challenge more is not that it's World War II,
S01 • E02 This is the gun - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
This is the gun
S01 • E03 The Blitz caused widespread devastation. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The Blitz caused widespread devastation.
S01 • E05 But before the worst came to the worst, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
But before the worst came to the worst,