Combat Machines
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Episoder
- S1 E1 - WWI the Rise of Machines1. juli 200344minWWI 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E2 - The Desert Rats17. mai 201844minThe 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E3 - Vehicles That Liberated Europe24. mai 201844minIn 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E4 - Bombs, Bridges, and Tunnels31. mai 201844minIn 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E5 - Spy Game7. juni 201844minIn 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E6 - Nuclear Near Miss14. juni 201844minExamine 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E7 - Vietnam War21. juni 201844minThe 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.Bli medlem av Prime
- S1 E8 - The Arms Race28. juni 201844minThe 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.Bli medlem av Prime
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