Combat Machines
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Episodios
- T1 E1 - WWI the Rise of Machines1 de julio de 200344 minWWI was the first truly mechanized war. All sides began with strategies from the Napoleonic Wars, resulting in troops being unprepared for the destructive new technologies such as Maxim machine gun and fast-firing artillery.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E2 - The Desert Rats17 de mayo de 201844 minThe North African desert campaign of World War II gave rise to the Desert Rats. Machines in this campaign were the Matilda II tank, Rolls Royce armoured car, the Panzer III, 88mm anti-tank gun and the American M3 Grant tank.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E3 - Vehicles That Liberated Europe24 de mayo de 201844 minIn WWII, tanks, ships, and aircraft were well known, but there was also a whole fleet of lesser known vehicles such as the Jeep, the amphibious DUKW and a legendary American GI and his Harley motorbike.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E4 - Bombs, Bridges, and Tunnels31 de mayo de 201844 minIn WWI, the Corps of Royal Engineers invented the Geophone, a device to detect enemy tunnelers. In WWII, they drove converted tanks that created bridges and cleared minefields, and made mobile robots that defused bombs.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E5 - Spy Game7 de junio de 201844 minIn any war, information is key. Examine the machines used to capture, transmit, and analyse vital combat information, featuring SOE agents and their equipment, spies stealing Royal Navy blueprints, and a daring submarine mission.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E6 - Nuclear Near Miss14 de junio de 201844 minExamine machines on the ground that would have fought in a nuclear war, featuring, amongst others, the 1961 tank standoff at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin when Soviet T-54 tanks faced off with American M-48 Patton tanks.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E7 - Vietnam War21 de junio de 201844 minThe Vietnam War. The Americans used their abundance of jet fighters, helicopters, and river patrol boats to try and stop the continuous stream of supplies and North Vietnamese fighters coming down the trail.Suscribirse a Prime
- T1 E8 - The Arms Race28 de junio de 201844 minThe Cold War. East and West developed weapons that could destroy the world. Examine the origins of the Arms Race and the first use of nuclear weapons that ended World War II, featuring, amongst others, the Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and the Corona spy satellite.Suscribirse a Prime
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- Andre Holzinger
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- Bryan Dick
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- Woodcut Media Ltd
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