War Factories
War Factories is a TV show on Yesterday. The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 11 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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Hiram Maxim developed the world's first fully automatic machine gun, but it weighed a whopping 136 lbs - until British company Vickers adapted the design.
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1:00:00The story of the GM Opel Blitz and the American-owned war factories that would produce them, putting business before country.
1:00:00The Story of of how car designer Ferdinand Porsche became one of the most influential engineers in all Nazi Germany.
1:00:00The story of how Skoda's Czech factory became the cover for espionage, sabotage and the liberation of Jews from all over Europe in the 1930's.
1:00:00The story of the rise of the aircraft carrier and how it changed the tactics of sea warfare.
1:00:00The Spitfire, the Hurricane, the Lancaster and Wellington Bombers, and the P51 Mustang were all powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
Series 2
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1:00:00How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a truly war-winning weapon.
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1:00:00The remarkable story of how Stalin's massive war factories were dismantled and moved east on one and half million railway trucks, to avoid being lost to the Nazis.
1:00:00The sabotaging efforts of Peugeot in Nazi-occupied France, where the bosses and workers cooperated with the Resistance to hinder the Nazis' use of military vehicles.
1:00:00Henry Ford's plan, with the help of Albert Kahn, to build a giant factory in Michigan, covering 3.5million sq ft and including an aircraft production line half a mile in length.
1:00:00The role played by engineering giant Vickers during the Second World War, including the development of the Spitfire and how the Royal Navy recovered from losing so many warships.