The WORST episodes of Nazi Megastructures

Every episode of Nazi Megastructures ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nazi Megastructures!

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.

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: National Geographic (UK)Status: Ended

2.00

1 votes

#1 - Hitler's Mediterranean Fortress

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2019

When allied spies plant false documents on a corpse, they are carrying out one of the most audacious deceptions of World War II. Operation Mincemeat ensures that the allied invasion of Sicily takes the Nazis totally by surprise. With few reinforcements, German troops must now make clever use of the island's rugged landscape to attempt a fighting retreat to the Italian mainland - and safety.

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2.00

1 votes

#2 - Hitler's Desert War

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2019

Armed with one of the most famous generals of WWII, Erwin Rommel, Hitler takes on the Allies in a campaign which will dictate the course of the war.

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2.00

1 votes

#3 - Hitler's War in the Skies

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/2019

January 1943. With defeat in Russia and North Africa Hitler now has to face a new battle front; the fight for the skies above the Fatherland itself.

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2.00

1 votes

#4 - Japan's Death Railway

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2019

Japanese force Allied POWS and Asian laborers to lay 258 miles of track to build the Burma Railway in support of their armed forces during the Burma Campaign.

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2.00

1 votes

#5 - Hitler's British Invasion Plan

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/2019

As the Nazi war machine reaches the English channel in 1940, Hitler forms a strategy to destroy Britain's air power and land troops in southern England.

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6.50

20 votes

#6 - Russia's War: The Battle of Kursk

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/6/2018

Examining how Hitler responded to defeat at Stalingrad by increasing Germany's mass production of tanks - leading to the largest clash of armoured vehicles in history at Kursk.

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6.50

10 votes

#7 - America's War: Fortress Japan

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/2019

This is the story of Japan's final months in WWII - when America threatened to invade and Japan unleashed a terrifying new weapon, suicide bombers.

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6.72

25 votes

#8 - Russia's War: Blitzkrieg In The East

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/29/2018

Artefacts left over from Hitler's invasion of Russia, from the vast weapons built for the German army to the stronghold at Sevastopol where they met their match.

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6.75

20 votes

#9 - Russia's War: Hitler's Fighting Retreat

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/13/2018

Structures built to prevent a Soviet counter-attack against Germany as Nazi forces retreated in the wake of the failed invasion of Russia.

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6.77

13 votes

#10 - America's War: D-Day

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2019

How the German army prepared for the D-Day landings, despite having no evidence of exactly where in Europe the Allied forces planned to attack.

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6.78

9 votes

#11 - America's War: Japan's Island Of Death

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2019

September 1944 on Peleliu, Japanese soldiers build an island-wide structure creating a killing zone that lead to the death of thousands people.

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6.89

36 votes

#12 - Hitler's Siegfried Line

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2015

The campaign to breach Hitler's 400 mile-long Siegfried Line took more than six months and cost the American forces 140,000 casualties.

6.91

32 votes

#13 - Kamikaze Suicide Bombers

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2015

As America closes in on Japan in 1944, the Japanese turn to desperate new tactics: killer planes and super torpedoes guided by human pilots.

6.94

18 votes

#14 - America's War: Pearl Harbor

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2019

The surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor, revealing how it required months of secret preparation, innovations in torpedo design, and clever counter-intelligence.

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6.98

58 votes

#15 - V1: Hitler's Vengeance Missile

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2015

In retaliation for Allied bombing raids, Hitler ordered the development of the V1. The first cruise missile, it changed the face of war forever.

7.13

16 votes

#16 - Hitler's Railways of Death

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/24/2017

The rail networks most sinister function was to facilitate the Final Solution. Hitler and the mastermind of the Holocaust, Himmler, used the vast rail network to transport Jews to concentration camps and to their death. But the wider war effort was dwindling and in 1945 in Berlin, Hitler finally abandoned his beloved train and made a dash for his underground bunker - the place that would eventually become his tomb.

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7.18

65 votes

#17 - Hitler's Killer Subs

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/24/2016

Hitler planned a submarine to outperform all others. The Type 21 was the world's most advanced submarine: Hitler's sea-faring super weapon

Directors: Bill Thomas, Clive Maltby

7.26

27 votes

#18 - Hitler's War Trains

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/17/2017

The railways were the lifeblood of the Nazi empire. It was a vast network that spread Nazi ambition and control across Europe and beyond. Through use of drama, documentary and archive the programme reveals Hitler's personal train, unseen bunkers, massive depots, railway weapons and record-breaking engines that made up what was arguably the Nazis biggest ever megastructure: the railways.

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7.29

14 votes

#19 - America's War: Japan's Warrior Code

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2019

How the Japanese army turned to ancient warrior traditions during the battle of Saipan - a conflict where defeat would place US aircraft dangerously close to their home country.

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7.29

65 votes

#20 - Japanese Superfortress

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/7/2016

In 1945 Japanese generals construct a network of defences and tunnels on Okinawa, creating a devastating killing ground for American troops.

Directors: Ashley Morris, Bill Thomas

7.32

41 votes

#21 - Himmler's SS

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2015

In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest, deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history.

7.43

148 votes

#22 - U-Boat Base

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2013

To create a safe haven in port for their lethal U-boat submarines, the Nazis built massive, impenetrable submarine pens that still survive today.

Directors: Chris Hale

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7.45

224 votes

#23 - V2 Rocket Bases

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2013

Discover how Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun heralded the birth of ballistic missiles and laid the technological foundations for the space race.

Directors: Luke Mcgluaghlin

7.47

43 votes

#24 - The Wolf's Lair

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2015

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.

7.47

38 votes

#25 - Hitler's Megaships

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2015

The Bismarck and Tirpitz were battleships of record breaking proportions, ultimate status symbols of the Third Reich and hunted by the Allies.