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| Nazi Megastructures | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original release | |
| Release | 2013 – 2019 |
Nazi Megastructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and a spinoff of the broader Megastructures television series. The series also aired as Nazi Mega Weapons on PBS, and as WWII Mega Weapons.
| # | Title | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Atlantic Wall | Atlantic Wall |
| 2 | U-Boat Base | Lorient U-boat base |
| 3 | V2 Rocket Bases | V-2 rocket, Peenemünde Army Research Center, Mittelwerk |
| 4 | Super Tanks | Tiger I, Tiger II, Panzer VIII Maus |
| 5 | Hitler's Jet Caves | Messerschmitt Me 262 |
| 6 | Fortress Berlin | Battle of Berlin, Flak tower, Führerbunker |
| # | Title | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wolf's Lair | Wolf's Lair |
| 2 | Hitler's Megaships | German battleship Bismarck, German battleship Tirpitz |
| 3 | Himmler's SS | Heinrich Himmler, Schutzstaffel |
| 4 | V1: Hitler's Vengeance Missile | V-1 flying bomb |
| 5 | Kamikaze Suicide Bombers | Kamikaze, Kaiten, Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka |
| 6 | Hitler's Siegfried Line | Siegfried Line |
| # | Title | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Eagle's Nest | Kehlsteinhaus, Berghof (residence), Obersalzberg |
| 2 | Hitler's Island Megafortress | German fortification of Guernsey, Fortifications of Alderney, Coastal fortifications of Jersey |
| 3 | Lightning War Machine | Blitzkrieg, Junkers Ju 87, Leuna works |
| 4 | Hitler's Killer Subs | Type VII submarine, U-995, V-80 submarine, Type XXI submarine |
| 5 | Pacific Megaships | Yamato, Musashi |
| 6 | Japanese Superfortress ("The Tunnels of Okinawa" in WWII Mega Weapons) | Battle of Okinawa |
| # | Title | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitler's War Trains | Deutsche Reichsbahn, Holocaust trains, Breitspurbahn |
| 2 | Hitler's Railways Of Death | Deutsche Reichsbahn, Holocaust trains, Breitspurbahn |
| 3 | Hitler's Italian Fortress | Gothic Line |
| 4 | Hitler's Arctic Fortress | Festung Norwegen |
| 5 | Hitler's Propaganda Machine | Propaganda in Nazi Germany |
| 6 | Hitler's Luftwaffe | Luftwaffe |
Season subtitle: Russia's War [1]
| # | Title | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blitzkrieg In The East | Operation Barbarossa |
| 2 | The Battle Of Kursk | Battle of Kursk, T-34, Panther tank, Tiger I |
| 3 | Hitler's Fighting Retreat | Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen |
Season subtitle: America's War [2] [3]
| # | Title | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan's Warrior Code | Battle of Saipan |
| 2 | Japan's Island of Death | Battle of Peleliu |
| 3 | D-Day | D-Day landings |
| 4 | Pearl Harbor | Attack on Pearl Harbor |
| 5 | Hitler's Final Offensive | Battle of the Bulge |
| 6 | Fortress Japan | |
| # | Title | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitler's war in the skies | Defence of the Reich |
| 2 | Hitler's British invasion plan | Operation Sea Lion |
| 3 | Hell island | Battle of Guadalcanal |
| 4 | Japan's death railway | The Burma Railway |
| 5 | Hitler's desert war | North African campaign |
| 6 | Hitler's Mediterranean fortress | Operation Mincemeat, Allied invasion of Sicily |
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