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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(plane buzzing) Flying from repurposed and often amateur aerodromes across southern...

(plane buzzing) Flying from repurposed and often amateur aerodromes across southern England, the dashing British pilots in their iconic Spitfires and Hurricanes took to the skies

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(plane buzzing)
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Flying from repurposed
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and often amateur aerodromes across southern England,
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the dashing British pilots
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in their iconic Spitfires and Hurricanes took to the skies.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:34
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 • 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,