Nazi Megastructures - Season 6 - Eps 4: Japan's Death Railway
1942, Japan has captured oil rich Burma to secure its growing empire's future. But with its navy decimated at the Battle of Midway it needs a new supply route. The result is a 258 mile railway cut through the toughest terrain known to man. All built using the blood and guts of 200,000 Allied POWs and local laborers. Half of them will die on the tracks or in the terrible camps nearby.
About Nazi Megastructures
Title: Nazi Megastructures
First Air Date: 2013-11-18
Last Air Date: 2019-12-18
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 36
Network: National Geographic Channel
Genres: Documentary, War & Politics
Production Companies: DSP
Synopsis
In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history. This is the stories of the engineers who designed them and how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.
Cast
Richard Lintern
Self
