Nazi Megastructures

In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history. This is the stories of the engineers who designed them and how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.

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Documentary
War & Politics
Created By

First Aired on

Nov 18, 2013

6 seaons till Dec 18, 2019

Popularity: 9.3749
25 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

DSP (GB)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Hitler's Mediterranean Fortress

Seasons & episodes

Total 6 seasons, 36 episodes

Series 1

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1The Atlantic Wall45 min

    This is the story of the greatest fortification project of the 20th century, Hitler’s ambitious Atlantic Wall, and the ultimate test it faced on D-Day.

  • Episode 2V2 Rocket Bases45 min

    This episode relates the development of the first ever space missiles used by the Nazis as destructive wonder-weapons to bomb the Allies into resignation and the rocket engineer who set the groundwork for the moon landing.

  • Episode 3U-Boat Base45 min

    This episode describes the immense and impenetrable concrete and steel submarine pens that the Nazis built to protect their precious and deadly U-boats from Allied attacks.

  • Episode 4Super Tanks45 min

    The story of Nazi engineers tasked with fulfilling Hitler's megalomaniac demand for the construction of a land battleship weighing 1,000 tons.

  • Episode 5Hitler's Jet Caves45 min

    Explore the story behind one of the most advanced aeroplanes of WWII, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and the subterranean bat-cave where it was built.

Crew & Team

Hereward Pelling

Producer

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