War Factories
No matter how many soldiers you have, how clever your generals or how daring your strategy, you will not win a war if you don't have enough bullets, planes, or food. WW2 was a war of the factories...
Director: Mike Ibeji
The Engine That Won The War
The Spitfire, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and Wellington bombers - aircraft which arguably won the Battle of Britain - had one thing in common: they were powered by the Rolls-Royce…
The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier
On the 7th of December, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; the attack brought America into WWII and changed how battles were fought as the first-ever assault by aircraft-carrier based…
The Factory That Fought Back
When we think of Skoda, we think of cheap and efficient family cars; back in the 1930s, its factory was the cover for espionage, sabotage, and the liberation of Jews…
Nazi Power Machines
Ferdinand Porsche was one of the most influential engineers in Nazi Germany; by inventing the most powerful war machines, he created the blueprint for the muscle cars that would make…
The Trucks of Blitzkrieg
The key machine in the Blitzkrieg was the GM Opel Blitz; this episode tells the story of the Blitz and the American-owned war factories that would produce them and put…
The Story of the Machine Gun
March 1915: a unit of 90 German infantrymen are armed with two MGo8 Maxim-style machine guns. In just 90 minutes, they inflict 1,000 casualties upon advancing British infantry.
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