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6 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
43 mins
Hitler built his home high up in the mountains. Hitler transformed his Alpine retreat in Bavaria into a fortified fiefdom, home to 2,000 SS troops and protected it with a high-level security system.

Episode 2
44 mins
In yet another example of Hilter's folly he orders impregnable fortresses built on the Channel Islands. Despite the incredible expense of construction the fortifications prove useless when the Allies go on the offensive on D-Day. But , it was a safe, if dull, place for a few German soldiers to wait out the war.

Episode 3
Wed, May 11, 201644 mins
Guderian's book "Achtung Panzer" introduces the concept of the combined arms offensive. Hitler seizes upon it as the way to use modern weapons technology in Germany's tradition of fighting fast, short wars to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare.

Episode 4
Wed, Jun 22, 201643 mins
Hitler planned a submarine to outperform all others. The Type 21, Hitler's seafaring super weapon, was the world's most advanced submarine.

Episode 5
41 mins
In the lead-up to WWII, Japan creates a secret naval defense weapon, the Yamato. The heavily armed, gigantic battleship is sent into battle at Okinawa.

Episode 6
43 mins
In 1945, Japanese generals put a network of defenses and tunnels together on Okinawa, creating a devastating killing ground for American soldiers.
