The Buildings That Fought Hitler

Rob Bell explores the coastal defense network, including a tower in Essex with controlled mines, built to defend Britain's beaches against invasion.

A ring of steel and concrete was erected around the capital, and natural defenses were utilized, when defending the city of London from Nazi invasion.

Numerous pill boxes, gun emplacements and dragon's teeth were tactically positioned around the British countryside in order to slow a German advance into major cities.

An exploration of the integrated network of structures and airfields that comprised the air defense system that enabled the RAF to win the Battle of Britain.

Reigate Fort was re-purposed in preparation for a Nazi invasion of Britain; it was designed to block the Nazis from getting into London and was set to become the resistance headquarters should the capital fall.

With the blitz taking its toll, Britain had to find a way to keep it's manufacturing going; shadow factories were born and were crucial in the production of ammunition and other wartime essentials.