Discover the secrets of Japan's World War II kamikaze suicide bombers.

Kamikaze Nazi Mega Weapons

Premiered April 15, 2015
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Kamikaze

As America threatens to invade Japan in 1944, the Japanese turn to desperate new tactics: kamikaze suicide bombers. Now, experts are uncovering the clues to the terrifying weapons Japan sent into war - killer planes, rocket bombs, and super torpedoes: all guided, not by machines, but by human pilots.

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Nazi Mega Weapons

Nazi Mega Weapons and WWII Mega Weapons uncover the engineering feats that sparked a technological revolution and changed warfare forever, exploring the engineering secrets of iconic megastructures, and telling the stories of the engineers who designed them.

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