Secret Nazi plans to strike America take shape across air and sea.

This series examines Germany's wartime schemes for hitting the United States, from submarines and rockets to the ambitious long-range bomber program. You will weigh the aircraft designs, strategic obstacles, and disputed possibilities behind plans kept secret for decades. Sign up to see how close these ideas came to reshaping the war's psychological battlefield.

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2 episodes

1Amerika Bombers: Part 1

During WWII, Germany explored every option for striking the U.S., including submarines, rockets from space, and the mighty 4-engine bomber program that became known as the "Amerika Bomber."

32 min

2Amerika Bombers: Part 2

During WWII, Hitler was desperate to strike the U.S. war machine. Although Germany had three serious options for an “Amerika Bomber,” some flew, but none would ever reach their intended target.

24 min

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