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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Each Mulberry Harbor was made up of 148 blocks called caissons, an engineering term...

Each Mulberry Harbor was made up of 148 blocks called caissons, an engineering term meaning a box

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Each Mulberry Harbor
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was made up of 148 blocks called caissons,
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an engineering term meaning a box.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:25
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 • 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,