Obras do Nazismo

This comes across exactly like a History Channel produced show, with a combination of history, CGI, and reality TV style fake drama.

A few years ago someone at the History Channel got a new computer. Suddenly all their history shows looked exactly the same, with phony computer generated tank battles, CGI plane battles, CGI ship battles, etc. This looks like it was done on the same computer. Same overly dramatic music, same need to create drama, same inability to just tell the viewers what happened and why. It's history. It has already happened. Just tell the viewers what happened, why it happened, and how it happened. If you have footage, include it. If I want to watch a fictional drama based on history I'll watch a movie.

Not worthy of PBS.

Great documentary series.

It is not often nowadays that I watch a World War II documentary that teaches me something. Having read so many books and watched so many documentaries on the subject I figured there was nothing much more to know.

Then I watched this series.

The series details some of Germany's major construction and weapon projects during WW2. Shows very well the ingenuity and scale involved. Some are just pure attempts at one-upmanship (eg super-tanks), but most are born out of pure necessity.

Definitely worth watching.

Great insight and enthusiasm by the presenters. If you have half an interest in WW2 history then is this 100% worth watching.

Anyone interested in history, and especially World War 2, will find this compelling viewing. While we are aware of some of the mega weapons invented by the Nazis (e.g., the V2, the Bismarck, the Panzer) this show goes into great detail about each of the weapons and weapon systems. We learn not merely about the weapons, but their comparative value as well as their development, including costs, man power (often slave labor), and their priority within the political arena.

Even more interesting, there are on-site investigations of sunken ships (the Tripitz), abandoned manufacturing depots (the Panzers), re-modeled dry docks, etc. They have "battlefield archaeologists" and weapons experts and historians to bring you through every aspect of the show.

The only real fault is the guy who plays Hitler. Otherwise this is a great show.

Well made.

Interestingly it appears the series was commissioned by a US Company but produced in by a UK crew (due to the nature of WWII being partly in Europe I imagine).

Consequently, this TV show actually has 2 names and 2 narrations.

In America I believe it is called Nazi Mega Weapons with a American narration.

In UK I believe it is called Nazi Mega Structures with a British narration.

It's nice to have a choice of narration.

The series aired on Channel 4 in the UK.