Nazi Megastructures

Name: Nazi Megastructures
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2013-11-18
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Richard Lintern

ENDED6 Seasons36 Episodes★ 7.7

Nazi Megastructures is a documentary series on National Geographic that ran from 2013 to 2019, ending after 6 seasons and 36 episodes.

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NetworkNational Geographic

First AiredNov 18, 2013

Last AiredDec 18, 2019

GenreDocumentary, War & Politics

Runtime45 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionDSP

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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Cast

Richard Lintern

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Seasons & Episodes6 seasons · 36 episodes

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The story of the Nazi Germany and Japan’s epic battles against the allies in World War Two. From the skies above the Reich to the Burma Death Railway, the sixth series examines the military mind-set, pioneering tactics and state-of-the-art technologies deployed by both sides. Remnants of military hard-wear, defensive megastructures and forgotten relics of war are discovered as experts journey from the beaches of the Pacific islands to the bunkers of the Reich itself.

E1Hitler's British Invasion Plan

Nov 13, 201945m

May 1940 and the Nazi war machine reaches the English Channel. Hitler plans to destroy Britain's air power and land troops in southern England.

E2Hitler's War in the Skies

Nov 20, 201945m

Hitler's fight for the skies sees the Reich adopt a policy of 'Total War'. With every man woman and child pushed into producing ever more aircraft and munitions. The result is one of the most effective air defence systems the world has ever seen. One that came very close to destroying the might of the US 8th Army Airforce.

E3Hell Island

Nov 27, 201945m

Guadalcanal is the glittering prize of the Pacific. Japan are determined to seize the island and build an airfield on it. But the US have their eyes on it, too. Whoever controls Guadalcanal will dominate the region and, with it, potentially win the Second World War. It's the catalyst for one of the most bloody and brutal episodes of World War Two.

E4Japan's Death Railway

Dec 4, 201945m

1942, Japan has captured oil rich Burma to secure its growing empire's future. But with its navy decimated at the Battle of Midway it needs a new supply route. The result is a 258 mile railway cut through the toughest terrain known to man. All built using the blood and guts of 200,000 Allied POWs and local laborers. Half of them will die on the tracks or in the terrible camps nearby.

E5Hitler's Desert War

Dec 11, 201945m

place in the deserts of North Africa. Armed with one of the most famous generals of WWII, Erwin Rommel, Hitler takes on the Allies across Tunisia, Libya and Egypt - in a brutal campaign that pushed the British to their limits and would dictate the course of the war.

E6Hitler's Mediterranean Fortress

Dec 18, 201945m

When allied spies plant false documents on a corpse, they are carrying out one of the most audacious deceptions of World War II. Operation Mincemeat ensures that the allied invasion of Sicily takes the Nazis totally by surprise. With few reinforcements, German troops must now make clever use of the island's rugged landscape to attempt a fighting retreat to the Italian mainland - and safety.

About Nazi Megastructures

Nazi Megastructures is a documentary, war & politics series on National Geographic. The show first aired on Nov 18, 2013 and currently has 6 seasons and 36 episodes. Nazi Megastructures has ended. It has a rating of 7.7/10 based on 29 votes. The cast includes Richard Lintern.