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So initially, I think they were built by wall engineers
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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

So initially, I think they were built by wall engineers who were highly skilled and...

So initially, I think they were built by wall engineers who were highly skilled and they're quite sophisticated, but over time they needed to build more and more

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So initially, I think they were built by wall engineers
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who were highly skilled and they're quite sophisticated,
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but over time they needed to build more and more.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:57
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E07 You weren't allowed to speak about what you did - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
You weren't allowed to speak about what you did
S01 • E03 There were other people that were living - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
There were other people that were living
S01 • E01 So how's anything going to get transmitted to anybody? - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
So how's anything going to get transmitted to anybody?
S01 • E06 So Wimbledon tennis courts became a billeting ground, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
So Wimbledon tennis courts became a billeting ground,
S01 • E08 This is the actual room - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
This is the actual room
S01 • E05 Now you're going to hear the first performance - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Now you're going to hear the first performance
S01 • E03 So they would be having to go down - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
So they would be having to go down
S01 • E04 Shooting was such an important skill to have mastered, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Shooting was such an important skill to have mastered,
S01 • E01 And so you have a lot of French soldiers - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:20
And so you have a lot of French soldiers
S01 • E02 And as they kind of moved further inland up to Scotland, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
And as they kind of moved further inland up to Scotland,
S01 • E07 And I remember reading testimony from one veteran, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
And I remember reading testimony from one veteran,
S01 • E05 ♪ It's just a time for dancing ♪ - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
♪ It's just a time for dancing ♪
S01 • E02 It hadn't been a huge amount of testing carried out, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
It hadn't been a huge amount of testing carried out,
S01 • E06 So every resource, whether it was human, manpower, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
So every resource, whether it was human, manpower,
S01 • E03 Public shelters on the streets were either adapted - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Public shelters on the streets were either adapted
S01 • E04 This is Kenley's rifle range. It was a 50-yard range. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
This is Kenley's rifle range. It was a 50-yard range.
S01 • E08 The challenge for us was that the American meteorologists - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:20
The challenge for us was that the American meteorologists
S01 • E07 She discovered after the war that she was phoning - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
She discovered after the war that she was phoning
S01 • E02 Yes, there were troops building them, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Yes, there were troops building them,
S01 • E04 You can see the wall - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
You can see the wall