Nazi Megastructures

2013•1 series

Available on 5SELECT

This programme unveils the engineering secrets of six iconic megastructures that went on to spark a technological revolution, ultimately changing warfare forever. The Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware in history. Adolf Hitler hired men like Wernher von Braun, Ferdinand Porsche and Alfred Krupp to build huge terror machines, hi-tech superguns and weapons of mass destruction.

Episode 3Hitler's Italian Fortress

From Monte Cassino to San Pietro and ultimately the defense of Rome, this is the amazing story of one of the toughest defensive structures that the Nazis ever conceived. (S2 Ep3)

Episode 4Hitler's Arctic Fortress

One of the most bold operations of WWII: the Nazi occupation and fortification of Norway as Hitler demands defences along the country's 1500-mile coastline to stop an Allied invasion. (S4 Ep6)

Episode 5Hitler's Propaganda Machine

In the Battle of Berlin of 1945, 100,000 German civilians fight to the death. How did the Nazis motivate civilians to fight even when defeat was inevitable? The answer is propaganda. (S4 Ep5)

Episode 6Hitler's Luftwaffe

Lifting the lid on the Luftwaffe, the revolutionary German air force created to annihilate the enemy from the skies. (S4 Ep4)

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