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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

So they're moving towards these attacks, but the next wave of German troops that comes...

So they're moving towards these attacks, but the next wave of German troops that comes across the channel get absolutely decimated by the Royal Navy forces

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So they're moving towards these attacks,
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but the next wave of German troops
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that comes across the channel get absolutely decimated
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by the Royal Navy forces.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:22
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 • E02 When you look at what happened in France, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
When you look at what happened in France,
S01 • E01 And there might have been several reasons - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
And there might have been several reasons
S01 • E06 Perhaps as a testimony to their good treatment, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
Perhaps as a testimony to their good treatment,
S01 • E07 But the hospital did all the run-of-the-mill - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:20
But the hospital did all the run-of-the-mill
S01 • E01 It's possibly to do with the amount of specialist training - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
It's possibly to do with the amount of specialist...
S01 • E03 But for many living in urban areas, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
But for many living in urban areas,
S01 • E04 His testimony at the Nuremburg trials five years later - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
His testimony at the Nuremburg trials five years later
S01 • E05 And all these guys can come down here much more easily - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
And all these guys can come down here much more easily
S01 • E02 You're left stranded, my friend, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
You're left stranded, my friend,
S01 • E03 So if people emerge from their underground tube station - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:29
So if people emerge from their underground tube station
S01 • E01 Whereas every infantry soldier was well-trained on the Bren. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Whereas every infantry soldier was well-trained on the Bren.
S01 • E02 And they just found that gap in a natural defense, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
And they just found that gap in a natural defense,
S01 • E01 It also may be to do with the change in the nature - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
It also may be to do with the change in the nature
S01 • E04 From cutting-edge radar research stations - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
From cutting-edge radar research stations
S01 • E06 Unfortunately, there are no statistics - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Unfortunately, there are no statistics
S01 • E08 They laughed." - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:37
They laughed."
S01 • E07 Stopping with the pedals, or using the handbrakes, etc, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Stopping with the pedals, or using the handbrakes, etc,
S01 • E05 It means that the British can reinforce - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
It means that the British can reinforce
S01 • E01 Moving into 1941, 1942, the threat of a full-scale invasion - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Moving into 1941, 1942, the threat of a full-scale invasion
S01 • E02 (artillery shooting) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
(artillery shooting)