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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

We will return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly." But they never have

We will return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly." But they never have

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We will return one day
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and thank you for treating the village kindly."
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But they never have.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:15
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
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 Although the ships based out of Chatham - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
Although the ships based out of Chatham
S01 • E03 London was once home to Joan Longley - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
London was once home to Joan Longley
S01 • E04 There was upward of 2,000 people stationed there - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
There was upward of 2,000 people stationed there
S01 • E05 (tense brooding music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
(tense brooding music)
S01 • E01 But to defend it against Hitler's army, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
But to defend it against Hitler's army,
S01 • E04 And obviously, they sought out the nearest watering hole, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
And obviously, they sought out the nearest watering hole,
S01 • E02 I mean, an awful lot of people were pretty good - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
I mean, an awful lot of people were pretty good
S01 • E06 And their job really was to prepare for a possible invasion, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
And their job really was to prepare for a possible invasion,
S01 • E03 When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old
S01 • E08 Tyneham was a village in Dorset - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
Tyneham was a village in Dorset
S01 • E01 (gun blasting) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
(gun blasting)
S01 • E04 As we all experience, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
As we all experience,
S01 • E07 The Battle of the Atlantic is without a shadow of doubt - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
The Battle of the Atlantic is without a shadow of doubt
S01 • E02 But the fact that they're veterans of the First World War - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
But the fact that they're veterans of the First World...
S01 • E02 There were also an awful lot of farmers - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
There were also an awful lot of farmers
S01 • E05 The importance of the secret units - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The importance of the secret units
S01 • E04 So, in this pub and surrounding structures, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
So, in this pub and surrounding structures,
S01 • E03 It was a safe place to be when everywhere outside was nasty. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It was a safe place to be when everywhere outside was nasty.
S01 • E08 The villagers that left, about 200 of them, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The villagers that left, about 200 of them,
S01 • E06 It's quite amazing that they thought students - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
It's quite amazing that they thought students