Viceland - The Buildings that Fought Hitler Series 1 (2021) Part 5 We Shall Never Surrender

The Buildings That Fought Hitler Series 1

Rob Bell presents an eight-part series on the defences that Britain put in place in 1940 to defend the country against the very real threat of a Nazi invasion. Over 6,000 structures were built, repurposed or requisitioned. This series looks at just some of the buildings that were designed to fight Hitler.

Part 5 We Shall Never Surrender

Reigate Fort was repurposed to block the Nazi's from getting to London and was set to become Resistance HQ should the capital have fallen. Resistance bases were set up across the country, most of them secret and lost to time, but hidden in the grounds of Coleshill House, Wiltshire, a fully kitted out Operational Base was found. Auxiliary units would operate from these bases, carrying out missions so secret that they were only revealed by the presentation of a special badge given at the end of the war.

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