Season

Nazi Megastructures: Series 5: America's War

Nazi Megastructures20196 episodes

Overview

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.

Details

Series: Nazi Megastructures
Season: Season 5
Air date: 2019-01-07
Episodes: 6 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Pearl Harbor 2019-01-07 | 45 min 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.

Episode 2: Japan's Warrior Code 2019-01-14 | 45 min 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.

Episode 3: D-Day 2019-01-21 | 45 min 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.

Episode 4: Japan's Island of Death 2019-01-28 | 45 min September 1944 on Peleliu, Japanese soldiers build an island-wide structure creating a killing zone that lead to the death of thousands of Americans.

Episode 5: Hitler's Final Offensive 2019-02-04 | 45 min 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.

Episode 6: Fortress Japan 2019-02-11 | 45 min 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.