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Nazi Mega Weapons

Season 3 2016
TV-PG

  • 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z on PBS
  • 1h
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • Documentary, History
An examination of Nazi Germany's various military engineering projects during World War II.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

3x01 Blitzkrieg

Season Premiere

3x01 Blitzkrieg

  • 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z1h

Guderian's book "Achtung Panzer" introduces the concept of the combined arms offensive. Hitler seizes upon it as the way to use modern weapons technology in Germany's tradition of fighting fast, short wars to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare.

2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

3x02 Hitler's Killer Subs

3x02 Hitler's Killer Subs

  • 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z1h

U-boat innovations that were advanced well beyond any other submarine designs of WW2, including the Walter propulsion system, the Type XVII the Type XXI.

2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

3x03 The Eagle's Nest

3x03 The Eagle's Nest

  • 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z1h

The design, construction and use of Hitler's retreat in the Bavarian Alps, Eagle's Nest.

In yet another example of Hilter's folly he orders impregnable fortresses built on the Channel Islands. Despite the incredible expense of construction the fortifications prove useless when the Allies go on the offensive on D-Day. But , it was a safe, if dull, place for a few German soldiers to wait out the war.

2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

3x05 Pacific Megaships

3x05 Pacific Megaships

  • 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z1h

The design, construction and operational history of the two greatest battleships ever built - the Japanese super-battleships Yamato and Musashi.

2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

3x06 Japanese Superfortress

3x06 Japanese Superfortress

  • 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z1h

Details the formidable Japanese defenses on the island of Okinawa during WW2, and the ultimate test of them.

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