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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

The original Vickers gun the pillboxes were first built to accommodate was the weapon of...

The original Vickers gun the pillboxes were first built to accommodate was the weapon of choice

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The original Vickers gun
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the pillboxes were first built
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to accommodate was the weapon of choice.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:28
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Canal+ España,Rosa García Producciones Cinematográficas

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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 And I'm just fascinated by the fact that these - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
And I'm just fascinated by the fact that these
S01 • E02 Extra protection that the hills - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Extra protection that the hills
S01 • E05 (gunshots blast) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
(gunshots blast)
S01 • E07 Even before the airmen reached enemy territory, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Even before the airmen reached enemy territory,
S01 • E01 This impressive, belt-fed machine gun - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
This impressive, belt-fed machine gun
S01 • E06 And it's kind of one of those great unsaids - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And it's kind of one of those great unsaids
S01 • E04 Here on the south coast, at Newhaven, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Here on the south coast, at Newhaven,
S01 • E08 So there would have been hundreds of thousands of troops - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
So there would have been hundreds of thousands of troops
S01 • E02 They've done that all the way along this stop line, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
They've done that all the way along this stop line,
S01 • E01 It was capable of a heavy and sustained rate of fire. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It was capable of a heavy and sustained rate of fire.
S01 • E07 Forming up the tight combat formations - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Forming up the tight combat formations
S01 • E06 So I think that the whole legacy of that - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So I think that the whole legacy of that
S01 • E03 Other illusions in the decoy's box of tricks - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Other illusions in the decoy's box of tricks
S01 • E01 At some point in the history of this pillbox, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
At some point in the history of this pillbox,
S01 • E05 May, June, the summer of 1940, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
May, June, the summer of 1940,
S01 • E02 To have this view from these emplacements, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
To have this view from these emplacements,
S01 • E04 This often underestimated branch of the system - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
This often underestimated branch of the system
S01 • E03 Carbon arc lamps under waterproof glass domes - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Carbon arc lamps under waterproof glass domes
S01 • E06 But you see it in the fact that you've got - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
But you see it in the fact that you've got
S01 • E07 And there were occasions where heavily-laden bombers - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
And there were occasions where heavily-laden bombers