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Nazi Megastructures

TV·2013–2020·8 seasons, 47 episodes·National Geographic·War, History·1h 1m·7.1

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Did you know that the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history in the quest for world domination?

Creating huge terror machines, hi-tech superguns, and some of the original weapons of mass destruction, they aimed to control a nation, conquer a continent and win the war!

Nazi Megastructures uncovers the hidden remains of Hitler's most ambitious Megastructures, telling the stories of the engineering geniuses that designed them and revealing how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Nazi Megastructures S04E02Hitler's Death TrainsS04E02 · 9.5The rail networks most sinister function during World War II was to facilitate the Final Solution, transporting Jew to concentration camps.
  2. 02Nazi Megastructures S01E03U-Boat BaseS01E03 · 9.0To create a safe haven in port for their lethal U-boat submarines, the Nazis built massive, impenetrable submarine pens that still survive today.
  3. 03Nazi Megastructures S01E06Fortress BerlinS01E06 · 9.0April 1945. Safe in his heavily fortified Führerbunker in the centre of Berlin, Hitler prepares for the Allies' final attack.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2013Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Nazi Megastructures S01E01The Atlantic WallNovember 18, 2013 8.3Discover the story behind the defensive wall, stretching thousands of kilometres, built by the Third Reich to protect themselves from the Al
  2. S01E02Nazi Megastructures S01E02V2 Rocket BasesNovember 18, 2013 8.3Discover how Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun heralded the birth of ballistic missiles and laid the technological foundations for the space
  3. S01E03Nazi Megastructures S01E03Season's bestU-Boat BaseNovember 25, 2013 9.0To create a safe haven in port for their lethal U-boat submarines, the Nazis built massive, impenetrable submarine pens that still survive t
  4. S01E04Nazi Megastructures S01E04Super TanksDecember 2, 2013 8.0The story of Nazi engineers tasked with fulfilling Hitler's megalomaniac demand for the construction of a land battleship weighing 1,000 ton
  5. S01E05Nazi Megastructures S01E05Hitler's Jet CavesDecember 9, 2013 8.3Explore the story behind one of the most advanced aeroplanes of WWII, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and the subterranean bat-cave where it was b
  6. S01E06Nazi Megastructures S01E06Fortress BerlinDecember 16, 2013 9.0April 1945. Safe in his heavily fortified Führerbunker in the centre of Berlin, Hitler prepares for the Allies' final attack.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2015Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S02E01Nazi Megastructures S02E01The Wolfs LairJanuary 20, 2015 8.3A secret headquarters of concrete and steel is the heart of Hitler's plans for domination and the key to a Nazi conspiracy - the Wolf's Lair
  2. S02E02Nazi Megastructures S02E02Hitler's MegashipsJanuary 27, 2015 8.0The Bismarck and Tirpitz were battleships of record breaking proportions, ultimate status symbols of the Third Reich and hunted by the Allie
  3. S02E03Nazi Megastructures S02E03Season's bestHimmler's SSFebruary 3, 2015 9.0In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest, deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in his
  4. S02E04Nazi Megastructures S02E04V1: Hitler's Vengeance MissileFebruary 10, 2015 8.0In retaliation for Allied bombing raids, Hitler ordered the development of the V1. The first cruise missile, it changed the face of war fore
  5. S02E05Nazi Megastructures S02E05Kamikaze Suicide BombersFebruary 17, 2015 8.7As America closes in on Japan in 1944, the Japanese turn to desperate new tactics: killer planes and super torpedoes guided by human pilots
  6. S02E06Nazi Megastructures S02E06Hitler's Siegfried LineFebruary 24, 2015 8.0The campaign to breach Hitler's 400 mile-long Siegfried Line took more than six months and cost the American forces 140,000 casualties.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2016Aired 8.6Season avg
  1. S03E01Nazi Megastructures S03E01The Eagle's NestMay 3, 2016 8.3Hitler transformed his Alpine retreat in Bavaria into a fortified fiefdom, home to 2,000 SS troops and protected by a high level security sy
  2. S03E02Nazi Megastructures S03E02Hitler's Island MegafortressMay 10, 2016 8.3It's June 1940 and the Nazis have taken the Channel Islands, where Hitler orders some of the most fortified structures in the Third Reich.
  3. S03E03Nazi Megastructures S03E03Season's bestLightning War MachineMay 17, 2016 8.7Ruins across Europe tell the story of Blitzkrieg, a revolution in warfare which almost gave Hitler the chance to create his Thousand Year Re
  4. S03E04Nazi Megastructures S03E04Hitler's Killer SubsMay 24, 2016 8.7Hitler planned a submarine to outperform all others. The Type 21 was the world's most advanced submarine: Hitler's sea-faring super weapon
  5. S03E05Nazi Megastructures S03E05Pacific MegashipsMay 31, 2016 8.7In the 1930s the Japanese begin designing the Yamato, the world's most powerful battleship, 30 per cent larger than anything their enemies h
  6. S03E06Japanese SuperfortressJune 7, 2016 8.7In 1945 Japanese generals construct a network of defensive lines on Okinawa, creating a devastating killing ground for American troops.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2017Aired 8.9Season avg
  1. S04E01Nazi Megastructures S04E01Hitler's LuftwaffeJune 30, 2017 9.0The Luftwaffe, a revolutionary German air force, serves to annihilate the enemy from the skies.
  2. S04E02Nazi Megastructures S04E02Season's bestHitler's Death TrainsJuly 7, 2017 9.5The rail networks most sinister function during World War II was to facilitate the Final Solution, transporting Jew to concentration camps.
  3. S04E03Nazi Megastructures S04E03Hitler's Italian FortressJuly 14, 2017 8.5Some of the biggest and deadliest weapons built by the Nazis changed the face of modern warfare.
  4. S04E04Nazi Megastructures S04E04Hitler's Arctic FortressAugust 4, 2017 9.0The Nazi occupation and fortification of Norway.
  5. S04E05Nazi Megastructures S04E05Hitler's Propaganda MachineAugust 11, 2017 8.3During the brutal Battle of Berlin in 1945, 100,000 German civilians fight to the death and 6,000 commit suicide. How did the Nazis motivate
  6. S04E06Nazi Megastructures S04E06Hitler's War TrainsAugust 18, 2017 9.0The railways were the lifeblood of the Nazi empire, a vast network of control across Europe and beyond.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2018Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S05E01Nazi Megastructures S05E01Season's bestRussia's War: Blitzkrieg in the EastJune 29, 2018 8.0The story of Hitler's invasion of Russia with leftover artifacts and vast weapons built for the German army; the devastating clash of arms a
  2. S05E02Nazi Megastructures S05E02Russia's War: The Battle of KurskJuly 6, 2018 8.0Following a humiliating defeat at Stalingrad, Adolf Hitler demands a switch to Total War before launching arguably the biggest tank battle i
  3. S05E03Nazi Megastructures S05E03Russia's War: Hitler's Fighting RetreatJuly 13, 2018 8.0The story of the Nazis' fighting retreat from the Baltic to the heart of Berlin; Structures built to prevent a Soviet counter-attack against

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season06Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2019Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S06E01Nazi Megastructures S06E01America's War: Pearl HarborJanuary 16, 2019 8.0The story of how the Japanese Navy developed new torpedo technology and planned the devastating surprise attack on the U.S. Navy at Pearl Ha
  2. S06E02Nazi Megastructures S06E02America's War: Japan's Warrior CodeJanuary 23, 2019 8.0How the Japanese army turned to Japan's greatest weapon (the ancient warrior mindset and its traditions) during the battle of Saipan - a con
  3. S06E03Nazi Megastructures S06E03Season's bestAmerica's War: D-DayJanuary 30, 2019 8.3How the German army prepared for the D-Day landings, despite having no evidence of exactly where in Europe the Allied forces planned to atta
  4. S06E04Nazi Megastructures S06E04America's War: Japan's Island of DeathFebruary 6, 2019 8.3September 1944 on Peleliu, Japanese soldiers build an island-wide structure creating a killing zone that leads to the death of thousands of
  5. S06E05Nazi Megastructures S06E05America's War: Hitler's Final OffensiveFebruary 13, 2019 8.3Hitler's final bid to win the war is the Battle of the Bulge — a surprise winter attack against the Americans and the resulting war crimes a
  6. S06E06Nazi Megastructures S06E06America's War: Fortress JapanFebruary 20, 2019 8.3This is the story of Japan's final months in World War II - when America threatened to invade and Japan unleashed a terrifying new weapon, s

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season077Episodes2019Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S07E01War on the Eastern FrontFebruary 18, 2019 8.5As Adolf Hitler's plan for "Total War" fails, the Germans face a vast Soviet army bent on revenge.
  2. S07E02Battle for the PacificFebruary 25, 2019
  3. S07E03Hitler's MegafortressesMarch 4, 2019
  4. S07E04Hitler's HenchmenMarch 4, 2019
  5. S07E05Hitler's War at SeaMarch 11, 2019
  6. S07E06Hitler's Deadly TanksMarch 18, 2019
  7. S07E07Hitler's Flying ForcesMarch 25, 2019

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

Season08Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode7Episodes2019–20Aired 9.0Season avg
  1. S08E01Hitler's War in the SkiesNovember 23, 2019Hitler'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 ai
  2. S08E02Season's bestHitler's British Invasion PlanNovember 25, 2019 9.0The Nazi war machine reaches the English Channel in May 1940; Hitler plans to destroy Britain's air power and land troops in southern Englan
  3. S08E03Hell IslandDecember 9, 2019Guadalcanal is the glittering prize of the Pacific. Japan are determined to seize the island and build an airfield on it. But the US have th
  4. S08E04Japan's Death RailwayDecember 2, 20191942, 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
  5. S08E05Hitler's Desert WarDecember 16, 2019 9.0This takes place in the deserts of North Africa. Armed with one of the most famous generals of World War II, Erwin Rommel, Adolf Hitler took
  6. S08E06Hitler's Mediterranean FortressDecember 18, 2019 9.0When allied spies plant false documents on a corpse, they carry out one of the most audacious deceptions of World War II. Operation Mincemea
  7. S08E07Ready for Battle: The War on the Eastern FrontJanuary 16, 2020

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

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