Secret Nazi Science

The discovery of Nazi research by Allied forces after the Second World War. The first episode focuses on genetics, and attempts to create a so-called pure aryan race.

How Nazi Germany fostered air clubs to gain aerial supremacy, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

This episode explores Hitler's reluctance to use chemical weapons, and how research into pesticide research created the poison gas used to kill millions in the Holocaust.

Exploring a history of groundbreaking ordnance, from a guided anti-ship gliding bomb to the world's first precision-guided weapon deployed during combat.

How the Nazis used science to study human constitution and its limits, from mundane questions of survival to creating a stronger and better soldier.

Nazi scientists' research into securing important weather data, allowing them to stay one step ahead of Allied attempts to foil their new radar technologies.

Nazi scientists' efforts to prepare the natural world for Nazi rule, including culls of flora and fauna, reviving ancient species, and the construction of idyllic landscapes.

Nazi architects' designs for cities of the future, drawing inspiration from great civilisations of the past and concealing an ideology of oppression.