Combat Machines
Season 1
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- S1 E1 - WWI the Rise of MachinesMay 10, 201844minWWI 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E2 - The Desert RatsMay 17, 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E3 - Vehicles That Liberated EuropeMay 24, 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E4 - Bombs, Bridges, and TunnelsMay 31, 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E5 - Spy GameJune 7, 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E6 - Nuclear Near MissJune 14, 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E7 - Vietnam WarJune 21, 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.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E8 - The Arms RaceJune 28, 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.This video is currently unavailable
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