War Factories

2019
War Factories

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EP1 Rolls Royce - The Engine That Won the War May 20, 2022

The Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster and Wellington bombers, aircraft that undoubtedly won the Battle of Britain, had one thing in common, they were powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.

EP2 Skoda - The Factory That Struck Back May 27, 2022

When people think of Skoda, they think of cheap and efficient family cars. As early as the 1930s, their factory was a cover for espionage, sabotage and the liberation of Jews from all over Europe.

EP3 Porsche - Nazi Master Machines Jun 03, 2022

Ferdinand Porsche was one of the most influential engineers in Nazi Germany.

EP4 GM Opel Blitz Jun 17, 2022

For the germans, the truck became the secret weapon that changed warfare. From the mountain passes of the Ardennes, across the deserts of Libya and the vast wilderness of Russia, the humble truck enabled the German army to conduct its lightning war with speed and efficiency it required. And the key machine in Blitzkrieg was the GM Opel Blitz. This episode tells the Story of the Blitz and the American-owned war factories that would produce them, putting business before country.

EP5 The Story of the Machine Gun Jun 24, 2022

This episode looks at the the invention of the machine gun, and how weapon that changed the art of war was adopted and adapted by war factories around the world. The Maxim Gun was developed by a British based American inventor called Hiram Maxim and was the first fully automatic machine-gun. The only problem was that it weighed a whooping 136 ibs. British company Vickers aquired Maxim's company and moved on the design.

EP6 Enterprise: The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier Jul 01, 2022

The story of the rise of the aircraft carrier and how it changed the tactics of sea warfare.
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Released: 17 July 2019 Returning Series
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The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War.

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