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Nazi Mega Weapons
Super Tanks
Season 1
Episode 4
Hitler’s megalomaniacal impulses led him to demand the construction of the largest tank the world had ever seen – a mobile fortress weighing 180 tons. But even this colossus couldn’t satisfy Hitler’s thirst for enormous weapons of war, as he went on to request a land battleship weighing 1,000 tons.
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Hitler’s mountain house became a labyrinth crowned by the awe-inspiring Eagle's Nest.
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Designated the Type 21, Hitler's new submarine is a sea-faring super weapon.
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When Nazis rolled across France in 1940, it was with a combined speed and ferocity.