Nazi Megastructures
TV Show · Documentary · History

Follow a team of experts through Europe's mountains, forests and industrial heartland to uncover a Nazi world that has been hidden for decades. Unravel the personal stories of the men who designed, built and operated Hitler's terrifying mega weapons.

2013 · 44m
Starring Julian Forsyth, Robert Meller, Ash Holmes
Director James Millar, Sid Bennett

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Atlantic Wall
    To protect occupied Europe from an Allied invasion, Hitler demanded the construction of a defensive wall stretching thousands of kilometres from France in the south to Norway in the north.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 2
    U Boat Base
    A look at the huge concrete submarine pens built by the Nazis to protect their U-Boats from allied bombs. Such was their size and strength, they still survive today.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 3
    V2 Rocket Bases
    The story of how the work of Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun heralded the birth of ballistic missiles and how the V2 rocket programme laid the technological foundations for the space race.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Super Tanks
    The story of how Nazi engineers responded to Hitler's megalomaniac vision by building some of the largest tanks and land battleships the world had ever seen.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Hitler's Jet Caves
    The story of the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262. One of the most technologically advanced aeroplanes of World War II, it was built in a subterranean bat cave.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Fortress Berlin
    A look at the extraordinary defences and kill zones that surrounded Hitler's bunker in Berlin, a subterranean safehouse protected by 13-foot-thick walls.
    41 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Julian Forsyth
    Adolf Hitler
  • R‌M
    Robert Meller
    Hitler
  • A‌H
    Ash Holmes
    British Solider
  • Carsten Hayes
    Wernher von Braun
  • M‌K
    Michael Koltes
    SS Officer
  • Brando Boniver
    Adolf Galland
  • Richard Lintern
    Narrator
  • J‌M
    James Millar
    Director
  • S‌B
    Sid Bennett
    Director
  • E‌D
    Erika Dodd
    Producer
  • A‌D
    Ashley Diana Morris
    Producer

About

Nazi Megastructures

Documentary

Follow a team of experts through Europe's mountains, forests and industrial heartland to uncover a Nazi world that has been hidden for decades. Unravel the personal stories of the men who designed, built and operated Hitler's terrifying mega weapons.

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Studio
National Geographic
Released
2013
© 2013 Darlow Smithsonian Productions Limited

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