WWII was a war in the skies, and the Nazis pushed the limits of what was possible. The Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe became the world's first jet engine-powered fighter. Nazi engineers pioneer liquid and rocket-powered aircraft, adding to a list of world firsts. How do the Nazis lose sight of the goal with their forays into early helicopters? Although the Nazis can't roll out technology fast enough to meet the challenges in the sky, what did they understand about flight that nobody else did?
Up Next in Secret Nazi Science - Season 1
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Evil Chemistry
Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical weapons on the battlefield but chemistry and biological sciences still played a role in the Nazi's unquenchable quest for power. Nazis turned pesticide research on its head with tabun and sarin, used in one of the greatest genocides in human histor...
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Raining Death
What would it take to bomb the Allies into the ground? This was the question on the minds of top Nazi brass as they mobilized Germany's top scientists to create frightening new bombs. It was a history of firsts, from the Fritz X, the world's first precision guided weapon deployed during combat, t...
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The Future Aryan Soldier
Far from the front lines, Nazi scientists were tasked with creating the perfect Aryan soldier for the Thousand Year Reich. From mundane questions of survival to creating a stronger and better fighter, the Nazis used science to study the human constitution and its limits. Propaganda indoctrinated ...
