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Nazi Megastructures — Series 5: America's War

The story of America’s most important battles against the Nazis and the Japanese during World War Two. This 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 battlefields of Northern Europe.

Episodes

  • E01 Pearl Harbor

    Jan 7, 2019 · 45m

    From a bold idea through months of preparation, training, innovations and clever ruses, this is the story of Japan’s surprise WWII attack on Hawaii.

  • E02 Japan's Warrior Code

    Jan 14, 2019 · 45m

    June 1944, Japanese fighters are preparing for a battle. But if they lose, a deadly weapon will be aimed at their country for the first time.

  • E03 D-Day

    Jan 21, 2019 · 45m

    Spring 1944 and the Germans know an attack is coming but what they get is a fascinating game of cat and mouse all the way up to 6th June, D-Day.

  • E04 Japan's Island of Death

    Jan 28, 2019 · 45m

    September 1944 on Peleliu, Japanese soldiers build an island-wide structure creating a killing zone that lead to the death of thousands of Americans.

  • E05 Hitler's Final Offensive

    Feb 4, 2019 · 45m

    Hitler’s final attempt to win the war was a surprise winter attack. What resulted were some of the worst war crimes ever committed against America.

  • E06 Fortress Japan

    Feb 11, 2019 · 45m

    This is the story of Japan's final months in WWII - when America threatened to invade and Japan unleashed a terrifying new weapon, suicide bombers.

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