Incredible Weapons

Luftwaffe pilots fear one weapon more than any other: British Spitfires.
Powerful Rolls Royce engines and an ingenious design make the plane fast and
manoeuvrable. In 1940, Spitfires and their fearless pilots resist Hitler’s
attempts to bomb Britain to submission. The fighter’s success forces Germany’s
leaders to develop even more powerful weapons. London is targeted by V-1 and
V-2 bombs, forerunners of the Saturn V moon rocket. Meanwhile, on the Eastern
Front the supergun Schwerer Gustav fires shells at targets 47 kilometres away.
It’s the heaviest gun in history at over 1,300 tonnes. Nevertheless, the
juggernauts cannot prevent the Nazis’ defeat. With new weapons like the
Mosquito bomber, designed to be built from a kit, the Allies slowly crush the
Third Reich. In 1945, the atomic bomb also forces Japan to raise the white
flag. Incredible Weapons explores the war’s wildest weapons –including crazy
projects like an aircraft carrier built from ice that came close to becoming a
reality.