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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

The North and the South Downs were a part of the natural defenses, rather like the stop...

The North and the South Downs were a part of the natural defenses, rather like the stop lines you'd see all across Great Britain, these were the valleys, they were the steep hills

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The North and the South Downs
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were a part of the natural defenses,
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rather like the stop lines you'd see
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all across Great Britain, these were the valleys,
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they were the steep hills.
Duration
14 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:31
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E08 The red are the routes - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
The red are the routes
S01 • E02 To the south to me is Gatwick airport, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
To the south to me is Gatwick airport,
S01 • E01 It was all out, it was well-trained troops, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
It was all out, it was well-trained troops,
S01 • E06 You've got filling factories, ordnance factories. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
You've got filling factories, ordnance factories.
S01 • E02 To my right hand side is the A217 Old Brighton road. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
To my right hand side is the A217 Old Brighton road.
S01 • E04 I think that people were literally, after Dunkirk, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
I think that people were literally, after Dunkirk,
S01 • E07 Just four miles from the Severn road bridge. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Just four miles from the Severn road bridge.
S01 • E06 But my word, if one of those got hit with an air-raid, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
But my word, if one of those got hit with an air-raid,
S01 • E01 The British Army, the Allies as a whole, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
The British Army, the Allies as a whole,
S01 • E02 If this is breached, there's nothing to stop them - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
If this is breached, there's nothing to stop them
S01 • E07 This is a factory for making cordite, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
This is a factory for making cordite,
S01 • E03 Like a firm chalk bed that provided - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Like a firm chalk bed that provided
S01 • E08 They rapidly called it Piccadilly Circus - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
They rapidly called it Piccadilly Circus
S01 • E05 Built on a hillside, it had commanding views - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Built on a hillside, it had commanding views
S01 • E08 I think the thing that just gets me - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
I think the thing that just gets me
S01 • E02 This is part of a vast long defense line - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
This is part of a vast long defense line
S01 • E05 And with Britain now on the brink of a Nazi invasion, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
And with Britain now on the brink of a Nazi invasion,
S01 • E06 (airplane engine rumbling) (tense music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
(airplane engine rumbling) (tense music)
S01 • E01 (airplanes screaming) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
(airplanes screaming)
S01 • E03 And it was here, using the lay of the land, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
And it was here, using the lay of the land,