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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Today, its remaining buildings and runway make it one of the UK's most intact fighter...

Today, its remaining buildings and runway make it one of the UK's most intact fighter airfields to have survived the war

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Today, its remaining buildings and runway
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make it one of the UK's most intact fighter airfields
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to have survived the war.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:26
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E05 The royal engineers went back to whatever part - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
The royal engineers went back to whatever part
S01 • E08 Tyneham has a strange and beguiling atmosphere. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Tyneham has a strange and beguiling atmosphere.
S01 • E07 But Enigma isn't all Bletchley's doing, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
But Enigma isn't all Bletchley's doing,
S01 • E04 It's still an active RAF station after 102 years. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
It's still an active RAF station after 102 years.
S01 • E02 These are built about 100 meters from the train bridge, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
These are built about 100 meters from the train bridge,
S01 • E01 (airplanes screaming) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
(airplanes screaming)
S01 • E05 Obviously, some would have collapsed, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Obviously, some would have collapsed,
S01 • E03 Civilian casualties eventually numbered over 50,000. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Civilian casualties eventually numbered over 50,000.
S01 • E08 The buildings feel trapped in time - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
The buildings feel trapped in time
S01 • E07 And that was a genius mathematician called Bill Tutte - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
And that was a genius mathematician called Bill Tutte
S01 • E04 The land was chosen here because it was flat, it was high. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
The land was chosen here because it was flat, it was high.
S01 • E02 There've been a row of these directing a potential invasion - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
There've been a row of these directing a potential...
S01 • E03 The bomb blast damage to our streets - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The bomb blast damage to our streets
S01 • E01 And so with every week that passed, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
And so with every week that passed,
S01 • E05 (birds chirp) (soft tense music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
(birds chirp) (soft tense music)
S01 • E04 Linda Duffield is a volunteer - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Linda Duffield is a volunteer
S01 • E08 Now it stands as a symbol of a vanished past, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Now it stands as a symbol of a vanished past,
S01 • E07 We have Japanese codes, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
We have Japanese codes,
S01 • E03 I think the legacy of the Luftwaffe's bombing campaign - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
I think the legacy of the Luftwaffe's bombing campaign
S01 • E04 Although Kenley had an illustrious career in Word War I, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:21
Although Kenley had an illustrious career in Word War I,