War Factories

The story of discovery and exploitation of the Baku Oilfields in the Russian Caucasus, which forced Stalin and Hitler to face off in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Find out how Fiat, along with cars, made trains and planes; how like modern-day kingmakers, they made and broke governments too.

Explore how Hitler wanted a car that would transform his nation: the "people's car" -- a Volkswagen, as America had Ford or Chrysler or Buick.

The story of the arms race to create nuclear arms factories of the U.S.

Japan would create arguably the greatest fighter in WW2 -- the Mitsubishi Zero; see how their failed War Factories would ultimately reduce the Zero to a Kamikaze plane.

How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a war-winning weapon.