Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant
The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now?
Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti
The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake?
Episode 3 - Great Pyramid
Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built?
Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads
Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth. How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one?
Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship
Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate.
Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny
In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.
This series of Nazi Megastructures follows a team of experts on a dark journey from the Arctic Circle to Southern Italy, from the Death Camps of Poland to the inside of Hitler’s rolling HQ aboard his personal train, as they uncover a Nazi world that has been hidden for decades. Using drama reconstructions, carefully crafted CGI and rarely seen archive, each episode unravels the personal stories of the men who designed, built and operated Hitler’s terrifying mega weapons.
Episodes include…
Hitler's War Trains
Hitler's Railways of Death
Hitler's Italian Fortress
Hitler's Arctic Fortress
Hitler's Propaganda Machine
Hitler's Luftwaffe
Executive Producer: Erika Dodd
Produced by: Simon Bree
DESCRIPTION
Did you know, in the quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history?
Creating huge terror machines, hi-tech superguns and some of the original weapons of mass destruction, their aim was 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.
EPISODE GUIDE
Nazi Megastructures: V1: Hitler's Vengeance Missile
In retaliation for Allied bombing raids, Hitler ordered the development of the V1. The first cruise missile, it changed the face of war forever.
Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Siegfried Line
The campaign to breach Hitler's 400 mile-long Siegfried Line took more than six months and cost the American forces 140,000 casualties.
Nazi Megastructures: The Wolf's Lair
A 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.
Nazi Megastructures: Himmler's SS
In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest, deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history.
Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Megaships
The Bismarck and Tirpitz were battleships of record breaking proportions, ultimate status symbols of the Third Reich and hunted by the Allies.
Nazi Megastructures: Kamikaze Suicide Bombers
As America closes in on Japan in 1944, the Japanese turn to desperate new tactics: killer planes and super torpedoes guided by human pilots.
DESCRIPTION
Did you know? In the quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history?
Creating huge terror machines, hi-tech superguns and some of the original weapons of mass destruction, their aim was to control a nation, conquer a continent and win the war!
Over six unforgettable episodes, 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.
EPISODE GUIDE
Nazi Megastructures: The Atlantic Wall
Discover the story behind the defensive wall, stretching thousands of kilometres, built by the Third Reich to protect themselves from the Allies.
Nazi Megastructures: U-Boat Base
To create a safe haven in port for their lethal U-boat submarines, the Nazis built massive, impenetrable submarine pens that still survive today.
Nazi Megastructures: V2 Rocket Bases
Discover how Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun heralded the birth of ballistic missiles and laid the technological foundations for the space race.
Nazi Megastructures: Super Tanks
The story of Nazi engineers tasked with fulfilling Hitler's megalomaniac demand for the construction of a land battleship weighing 1,000 tons.
Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Jet Caves
Explore the story behind one of the most advanced aeroplanes of WWII, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and the subterranean bat-cave where it was built.
Nazi Megastructures: Fortress Berlin
April 1945. Safe in his heavily fortified FŸhrerbunker in the centre of Berlin, Hitler prepares for the Allies' final attack.
