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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old and when it finished I was eight

When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old and when it finished I was eight

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When the war started, I was three and a quarter years old
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and when it finished I was eight.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:24
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 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 • 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 • E04 As we all experience, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
As we all experience,
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 • E04 So, in this pub and surrounding structures, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
So, in this pub and surrounding structures,
S01 • E05 The importance of the secret units - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
The importance of the secret units
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
S01 • E01 Other defenses that were quickly put in. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Other defenses that were quickly put in.
S01 • E02 And of course the advantage that these guys have - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
And of course the advantage that these guys have
S01 • E03 And when the bombing was quite quiet - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
And when the bombing was quite quiet
S01 • E05 Despite the loss of weapons at Dunkirk, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
Despite the loss of weapons at Dunkirk,
S01 • E07 It means Britain's then cut off, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
It means Britain's then cut off,
S01 • E08 Actually, the villagers never returned to their community - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Actually, the villagers never returned to their community
S01 • E02 They understand how to read the land, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
They understand how to read the land,
S01 • E01 I believe they were Bofors guns, the quick-firing ones. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
I believe they were Bofors guns, the quick-firing ones.
S01 • E06 But under its charismatic headmaster, Bobby Longden, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
But under its charismatic headmaster, Bobby Longden,