Name: War Factories
Released: 2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Andy Robertshaw

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The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War. Key factories for weapons, vehicles and ships are highlighted, including the American Liberty Ships.

Documentary · 2019 · 44 min

Starring Guy Walters , Alexandra Churchill , Andy Robertshaw

Director David Hatter

EPISODE 1

Battle for Black Gold

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

42 min · 5 Aug 2020
EPISODE 2

Fiat And The Fascists

Fiat didn't just make cars: they made trains, they made planes, and like modern-day kingmakers, they made and broke governments too.

40 min · 12 Aug 2020
EPISODE 3

The People's Car

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

42 min · 19 Aug 2020
EPISODE 4

Apocalypse Factories

The incredible story of the arms race to create America's nuclear arms factories.

40 min · 26 Aug 2020
EPISODE 5

The Kamikaze Bullet

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

43 min · 2 Sept 2020
EPISODE 6

Dambuster Factory

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

40 min · 9 Sept 2020

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