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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(explosions boom) The individual missions of the secretive units were as dark and as...

(explosions boom) The individual missions of the secretive units were as dark and as strange as the hidden places from where they would've conducted such operations

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The individual missions of the secretive units
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were as dark and as strange as the hidden places
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from where they would've conducted such operations.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:04
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E03 Three million kits of galvanized steel, spanners and bolts, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Three million kits of galvanized steel, spanners and bolts,
S01 • E02 They hoped for 500,000 volunteers. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
They hoped for 500,000 volunteers.
S01 • E04 The location is relatively flat - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The location is relatively flat
S01 • E07 What is unusual is for two ships with the same name - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
What is unusual is for two ships with the same name
S01 • E01 Built into the contours of the land, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Built into the contours of the land,
S01 • E02 By August, 1940 they had over 2.5 million. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
By August, 1940 they had over 2.5 million.
S01 • E04 So for broadcasting and receiving, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
So for broadcasting and receiving,
S01 • E02 Dad's army turned the home guard into something of a joke, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Dad's army turned the home guard into something of a...
S01 • E06 So as soon as the war actually started, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
So as soon as the war actually started,
S01 • E08 We will return one day - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
We will return one day
S01 • E07 Although the ships based out of Chatham - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Although the ships based out of Chatham
S01 • E03 London was once home to Joan Longley - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
London was once home to Joan Longley
S01 • E04 There was upward of 2,000 people stationed there - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
There was upward of 2,000 people stationed there
S01 • E05 (tense brooding music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
(tense brooding music)
S01 • E01 But to defend it against Hitler's army, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
But to defend it against Hitler's army,
S01 • E02 I mean, an awful lot of people were pretty good - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
I mean, an awful lot of people were pretty good
S01 • E04 And obviously, they sought out the nearest watering hole, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
And obviously, they sought out the nearest watering hole,
S01 • E03 When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old
S01 • E06 And their job really was to prepare for a possible invasion, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
And their job really was to prepare for a possible invasion,
S01 • E08 Tyneham was a village in Dorset - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
Tyneham was a village in Dorset