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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

On D-Day itself, they didn't use the Double Onion, so they used a type of Churchill tank...

On D-Day itself, they didn't use the Double Onion, so they used a type of Churchill tank called Churchill AVRE, which stood for armored vehicle royal engineers

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On D-Day itself, they didn't use the Double Onion,
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so they used a type of Churchill tank
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called Churchill AVRE,
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which stood for armored vehicle royal engineers.
Duration
10 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:34
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 • E01 Several mine towers and over 150,000 defense mines - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
Several mine towers and over 150,000 defense mines
S01 • E03 So what Britain did is it began to strengthen - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
So what Britain did is it began to strengthen
S01 • E05 The bunkers that the Auxiliary Units were inhabiting - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
The bunkers that the Auxiliary Units were inhabiting
S01 • E03 First with wooden trusses and beams, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
First with wooden trusses and beams,
S01 • E07 Things like those that were sunk or damaged - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Things like those that were sunk or damaged
S01 • E08 So this was a standard Churchill tank, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
So this was a standard Churchill tank,
S01 • E06 This meant not only every building, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
This meant not only every building,
S01 • E05 They would've been camouflaged, often subterranean. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
They would've been camouflaged, often subterranean.
S01 • E04 (planes buzzing) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
(planes buzzing)
S01 • E01 (dramatic music) (waves whooshing) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:21
(dramatic music) (waves whooshing)
S01 • E05 There's no map of them, so we don't know where they are, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
There's no map of them, so we don't know where...
S01 • E02 (tense music) (artillery shooting) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
(tense music) (artillery shooting)
S01 • E05 So relatively recently, one emerged - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So relatively recently, one emerged
S01 • E03 And that extended all the way back over all the offices - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
And that extended all the way back over all the offices
S01 • E08 Those sort of tanks, when faced with an obstacle like this, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Those sort of tanks, when faced with an obstacle like this,
S01 • E04 Now, our aircraft could be in the right place - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Now, our aircraft could be in the right place
S01 • E07 We then go through the Battle of the Atlantic, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
We then go through the Battle of the Atlantic,
S01 • E03 The concrete slab was inserted - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The concrete slab was inserted
S01 • E05 (beep trills) (typewriter keys clack) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
(beep trills) (typewriter keys clack)
S01 • E06 When the war broke out, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
When the war broke out,