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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(dramatic music) The huts are built of a standardized design

(dramatic music) The huts are built of a standardized design

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The huts are built of a standardized design.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:25
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
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 • E05 (wings flap) (doves coo) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
(wings flap) (doves coo)
S01 • E03 The bunker is one of two remote shelters - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The bunker is one of two remote shelters
S01 • E07 It makes the Blitz on London, you know, look like a picnic. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It makes the Blitz on London, you know, look like a picnic.
S01 • E06 They're all 18 foot six wide, using nashcrete, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
They're all 18 foot six wide, using nashcrete,
S01 • E08 These hollow concrete caissons were floated over to Normandy - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
These hollow concrete caissons were floated over to Normandy
S01 • E01 It attracts 350,000 visitors every year. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It attracts 350,000 visitors every year.
S01 • E04 (ominous instrumental music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
(ominous instrumental music)
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E07 The Germans regard British and American bomber pilots - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
The Germans regard British and American bomber pilots
S01 • E03 Standing on the southern boundary of the decoy site, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
Standing on the southern boundary of the decoy site,
S01 • E01 But 80 years ago, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
But 80 years ago,
S01 • E05 But at the end of the day, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
But at the end of the day,
S01 • E08 A flexible roadway on a floating pier - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
A flexible roadway on a floating pier
S01 • E02 I mean, you know, when you look - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
I mean, you know, when you look
S01 • E07 They regard them with the same opprobrium - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
They regard them with the same opprobrium
S01 • E04 Volunteers armed with a basic - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Volunteers armed with a basic
S01 • E01 Battlefield archeologist Peter Hibbs - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Battlefield archeologist Peter Hibbs
S01 • E08 The idea was to create two Mulberry harbors, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:22
The idea was to create two Mulberry harbors,
S01 • E07 And so when you did bail out your plane - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
And so when you did bail out your plane
S01 • E06 Some of them would have been barrack huts, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Some of them would have been barrack huts,