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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

(tense brooding music) If the invading Nazis breached our coastal defenses, the key to...

(tense brooding music) If the invading Nazis breached our coastal defenses, the key to holding out in the southeast and its main prize, London, was buying time, holding up the enemy advance wherever possible

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If the invading Nazis breached our coastal defenses,
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the key to holding out in the southeast
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and its main prize, London, was buying time,
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holding up the enemy advance wherever possible.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:24
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 • E07 The Navy is kind of the bit that you think about least - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
The Navy is kind of the bit that you think about least
S01 • E08 One of the dangers highlighted by the chart - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
One of the dangers highlighted by the chart
S01 • E02 (tense music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:19
(tense music)
S01 • E06 So it was a really significant part of Britain's war effort. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
So it was a really significant part of Britain's war...
S01 • E04 There's a lot of places that Hitler can attack - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
There's a lot of places that Hitler can attack
S01 • E01 There was a sense of everybody pulling together - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
There was a sense of everybody pulling together
S01 • E08 Both sides had laid extensive minefields during the war - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Both sides had laid extensive minefields during the war
S01 • E06 (suspenseful music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:18
(suspenseful music)
S01 • E04 So you're going to need all sorts of new - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
So you're going to need all sorts of new
S01 • E01 Across the English Channel, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Across the English Channel,
S01 • E03 The Germans would have mounted terrible reprisals. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The Germans would have mounted terrible reprisals.
S01 • E05 Reigate Fort was so strategically important, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Reigate Fort was so strategically important,
S01 • E07 The site at Caerwent was commissioned in 1939 - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The site at Caerwent was commissioned in 1939
S01 • E03 So you would have seen, you know, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
So you would have seen, you know,
S01 • E08 These gray areas on the map, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
These gray areas on the map,
S01 • E01 I think that once he's committed - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I think that once he's committed
S01 • E04 This is a highly modern war, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
This is a highly modern war,
S01 • E01 And I don't think that he would have particularly relaxed - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
And I don't think that he would have particularly...
S01 • E05 Under his command, our Canadian Commonwealth troops - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Under his command, our Canadian Commonwealth troops
S01 • E08 It's non-magnetic, but it still has to be cleared - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
It's non-magnetic, but it still has to be cleared