Episode
Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Island Megafortress
Overview
It’s June 1940 and the Nazis have taken the Channel Islands, where Hitler orders some of the most fortified structures in the Third Reich.
Details
- Series
- Nazi Megastructures
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2016-05-10
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Hitler's Island Megafortress is Episode 2 in Series 3 of Nazi Megastructures. It aired on 2016-05-10. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 1: The Eagle's Nest
Hitler transformed his Alpine retreat in Bavaria into a fortified fiefdom, home to 2,000 SS troops and protected by a high level security system.
Episode 3: Lightning War Machine
Ruins across Europe tell the story of Blitzkrieg, a revolution in warfare which almost gave Hitler the chance to create his Thousand Year Reich.
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