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Hitler’s Secret Superweapons That Could Have Changed WWII I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

Driven by the necessities of WWII, German engineers and designers helped pioneer some of the most sophisticated military machinery in the world. The technology advanced generations in little more than a decade and the machines were on a grander scale than reached even today. The war was a catalyst for shocking engineering advances and monumental feats of military weaponry. But just as incredible were the weapons they designed but never built. Just prior to the end of the war the German military secretly underwent a massive push to design miracle weapons that would give them the advantage – weapons that would change the very nature of warfare with their cutting-edge technical advances. These were the so-called Wunderwaffen – or Wonder Weapons. So many engineering and manufacturing resources were used in the effort that it’s possible that these wonder weapons actually accelerated Germany’s defeat. Within Germany, the constant talk of wonder weapons that would turn the tide of war helped maintain morale at home and hoped to instill fear in the Allies. But as the war neared its end the military became increasingly desperate to create weapons that would give them an advantage. Fearing that they would be sent to the Russian front if they didn’t produce, German designers created hundreds of plans for outlandish and fantastic aircraft and weapons. Most, however, were still in their infancy when the war ended; they were deployed in too few numbers or only reached the prototype stage and were never tested in combat. Many never left the drawing board. The blueprints of these fantasy aircraft, artillery, bombs and missiles were lost in the papers of the Third Reich. Although fortunately the Wunderwaffen failed to meet their strategic goal of turning the tides of World War II in Germany's favor, they represented highly inventive armament concepts, designs and prototypes that were extremely advanced for their time. So advanced that after the war many of the surviving weapons and plans seized by the Allies were developed into sophisticated weaponry in the following decades. This program will travel into the past to discover the fascinating details of Hitler’s wonder weapons - colossal tanks, suicide bombers and the first guided missiles. What weapons were successful and why, which weren’t deployed soon enough to give Germany the edge, and what was their ultimate fate after the war? Do the original blueprints have clues to revolutionary potential or fatal structural flaws? Documentary: Nazi Secret Weapons (2010) Directed by: Jean-Christoph Caron Production: National Geographic, Context Tv #documentary #freedocumentary #fulldocumentary #nazi #weapons #german #military #machinery #weaponry #germany #war