Secret Nazi Science

What secrets did the Nazis hope to find inside the cells and DNA of the human body? Some of the most nauseating Nazi experiments and activities were performed in the name of creating a pure Aryan race. Liebensraum breeding programs and bunk studies in heredity helped to justify mass sterilizations and genocide. In concentration camps, twisted experiments like Josef Mengele's twin studies masquerade as science and justify all manner of Nazi horrors.

First after first, Nazi engineers push the limits of what's possible in the air. From jet-powered fighters, to rockets to helicopters, what technologies did the Nazis pioneer? And why weren't these feats enough to help the Nazis win the war?

Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical weapons on the battlefield but chemistry and biological sciences still played a role in the Nazi's unquenchable quest for power. Nazis turned pesticide research on its head with tabun and sarin, used in one of the greatest genocides in human history. What would have happened had the Nazis rolled out their new nerve angels? And though Nazi entomologists worked to prevent the spread of malaria, the same research is also mobilized for darker purposes. As the Allies close in, top Nazi brass are given a final escape hatch, a cyanide capsule to help them evade capture.

As the war ticks on, Nazi scientists add new weapons to the Nazi arsenal. Guided missiles, buzz bombs, and the world's first space age weapon unleash destruction and up the ante for the Allies. Just how far will the Nazis go to rain down death?

Far from the front lines, Nazi scientists were tasked with creating the perfect Aryan soldier for the Thousand Year Reich. From mundane questions of survival to creating a stronger and better fighter, the Nazis used science to study the human constitution and its limits. Propaganda indoctrinated the masses and the Hitler Youth trained children for later service. Experiments with methamphetamines, cocaine, and other stimulants aspired to create a soldier who wouldn't need sleep. Gruesome hypothermia and altitude experiments conducted on inmates at Dachau figured out how to bring soldiers back from the brink of death. What did Hitler and the Nazis envision for future soldiers with no limits?

Far from the battlefront, Nazis scientists race to secure important weather data and stay one step ahead of Allied attempts to foil their new radar technologies. The weather wars and battle of the beams puts science on the front lines.