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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Both sides had laid extensive minefields during the war and now they posed a major...

Both sides had laid extensive minefields during the war and now they posed a major obstacle to the invasion

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Both sides had laid extensive minefields during the war
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and now they posed a major obstacle to the invasion.
Duration
8 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:34
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 • E06 (suspenseful music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:18
(suspenseful music)
S01 • E01 Across the English Channel, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Across the English Channel,
S01 • E04 So you're going to need all sorts of new - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
So you're going to need all sorts of new
S01 • E03 The Germans would have mounted terrible reprisals. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The Germans would have mounted terrible reprisals.
S01 • E05 Reigate Fort was so strategically important, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Reigate Fort was so strategically important,
S01 • E03 So you would have seen, you know, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
So you would have seen, you know,
S01 • E07 The site at Caerwent was commissioned in 1939 - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The site at Caerwent was commissioned in 1939
S01 • E08 These gray areas on the map, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
These gray areas on the map,
S01 • E01 I think that once he's committed - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I think that once he's committed
S01 • E04 This is a highly modern war, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
This is a highly modern war,
S01 • E05 Under his command, our Canadian Commonwealth troops - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Under his command, our Canadian Commonwealth troops
S01 • E01 And I don't think that he would have particularly relaxed - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
And I don't think that he would have particularly...
S01 • E08 It's non-magnetic, but it still has to be cleared - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
It's non-magnetic, but it still has to be cleared
S01 • E07 One of the reasons the site was chosen - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
One of the reasons the site was chosen
S01 • E02 It errs towards the Eastern seaboard. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It errs towards the Eastern seaboard.
S01 • E03 Despite the threat of terror, the defense buildings - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Despite the threat of terror, the defense buildings
S01 • E06 So British film industry prop builders were brought in, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
So British film industry prop builders were brought in,
S01 • E02 It skirts round London to the south of London, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
It skirts round London to the south of London,
S01 • E04 Air superiority would be vital. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Air superiority would be vital.
S01 • E08 And you'll see then, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
And you'll see then,