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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Yet, up and down the coast, pillboxes were still adapted to switch from Vickers to Bren...

Yet, up and down the coast, pillboxes were still adapted to switch from Vickers to Bren guns

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Yet, up and down the coast, pillboxes were still adapted
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to switch from Vickers to Bren guns.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:09
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E02 It's incredible that all this was built - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
It's incredible that all this was built
S01 • E04 One isolated observation post - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
One isolated observation post
S01 • E07 Coming back from a mission, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Coming back from a mission,
S01 • E01 They've reduced the height of the shelf there. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
They've reduced the height of the shelf there.
S01 • E02 But the big question was, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
But the big question was,
S01 • E03 (dramatic music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
(dramatic music)
S01 • E05 So here's my 25 divisions of only three in the Kent area. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
So here's my 25 divisions of only three in the Kent...
S01 • E01 They've put in this concrete block, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
They've put in this concrete block,
S01 • E06 So actually, they became a kind of third workforce - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
So actually, they became a kind of third workforce
S01 • E04 The capture of one of Hitler's most trusted henchmen, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
The capture of one of Hitler's most trusted henchmen,
S01 • E02 Could the stop lines have halted a German invasion? - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Could the stop lines have halted a German invasion?
S01 • E07 Those guys would be taken off the aircraft on stretchers - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
Those guys would be taken off the aircraft on stretchers
S01 • E08 And she remarks, "I looked and my jaw dropped - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:23
And she remarks, "I looked and my jaw dropped
S01 • E05 So they're moving towards these attacks, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:14
So they're moving towards these attacks,
S01 • E02 When you look at what happened in France, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
When you look at what happened in France,
S01 • E01 And there might have been several reasons - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
And there might have been several reasons
S01 • E06 Perhaps as a testimony to their good treatment, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
Perhaps as a testimony to their good treatment,
S01 • E07 But the hospital did all the run-of-the-mill - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:20
But the hospital did all the run-of-the-mill
S01 • E03 But for many living in urban areas, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
But for many living in urban areas,
S01 • E01 It's possibly to do with the amount of specialist training - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
It's possibly to do with the amount of specialist...