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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

If you can have the warning, you can get amongst the enemy aircraft and you can do the...

(dramatic orchestral music) (planes buzzing) And this was the key: if you can have the warning, you can get amongst the enemy aircraft and you can do the damage to them

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(dramatic orchestral music)
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(planes buzzing)
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And this was the key: if you can have the warning,
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you can get amongst the enemy aircraft
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and you can do the damage to them...
Duration
19 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:59
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 High explosives enlarged entrances, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
High explosives enlarged entrances,
S01 • E06 I mean, an even larger number were shipped over to Canada - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I mean, an even larger number were shipped over to Canada
S01 • E08 So the concept - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:22
So the concept
S01 • E01 All this beachline, all this coastline - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
All this beachline, all this coastline
S01 • E03 These starfish sites, they were sited normally - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
These starfish sites, they were sited normally
S01 • E07 So the team was never the same from one week to the next. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
So the team was never the same from one week to the next.
S01 • E06 But certainly to start off with, and particularly Italians, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
But certainly to start off with, and particularly Italians,
S01 • E01 I think coastal defenses - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
I think coastal defenses
S01 • E02 So you can kind of understand the significance of this area. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
So you can kind of understand the significance of this area.
S01 • E05 And then within the depths of the mine itself, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And then within the depths of the mine itself,
S01 • E01 I mean, you walk along - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
I mean, you walk along
S01 • E02 Looking at the size of it, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Looking at the size of it,
S01 • E07 Facilities at Ridgewell were basic. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Facilities at Ridgewell were basic.
S01 • E04 (plane buzzing) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
(plane buzzing)
S01 • E07 For these young men, often away from home - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
For these young men, often away from home
S01 • E03 And there were some people, you know, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And there were some people, you know,
S01 • E06 By the end of the war, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
By the end of the war,
S01 • E01 The whole idea of building up this kind of boundary - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
The whole idea of building up this kind of boundary
S01 • E05 I think there's this whole idea - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I think there's this whole idea
S01 • E02 I think it's more kind of rifle defenses - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I think it's more kind of rifle defenses