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The Best Episodes of War Factories

Every episode of War Factories ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of War Factories!

The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War.
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics

Best Episodes Summary

"Apocalypse Factories" is the best rated episode of "War Factories". It scored 7.6/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/26/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "US Ships".

  • Apocalypse Factories
    7.6/107 votes
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    #1 - Apocalypse Factories

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/26/2020

    The incredible story of the arms race to create America's nuclear arms factories.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • US Ships
    7.5/1011 votes
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    #2 - US Ships

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/28/2019

    The story of America's `Liberty Ships', which were produced in incredible numbers and became known as the Model T Fords of the ocean.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • German Aviation
    7.4/1017 votes
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    #3 - German Aviation

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/17/2019

    The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War, beginning with how the German aviation industry came to dominate the skies of Europe.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • US Aviation
    7.4/1012 votes
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    #4 - US Aviation

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/14/2019

    Henry 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Occupied Territories
    7.3/108 votes
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    #5 - Occupied Territories

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/21/2019

    The 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Battle for Black Gold
    7.3/1010 votes
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    #6 - Battle for Black Gold

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/5/2020

    The story of the discovery and exploitation of the Baku Oilfields in the Russian Caucasus, which forced Stalin and Hitler to face-off in the battle of Stalingrad.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dambuster Factory
    7.3/1010 votes
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    #7 - Dambuster Factory

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2020

    How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a truly war-winning weapon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The People's Car
    7.2/1012 votes
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    #8 - The People's Car

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/19/2020

    While America had Ford or Chrysler or Buick, Hitler also wanted a car that would transform his nation: the 'people's car' - a Volkswagen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Vickers
    7.1/1016 votes
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    #9 - Vickers

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/31/2019

    The 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Kamikaze Bullet
    7.1/109 votes
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    #10 - The Kamikaze Bullet

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/2/2020

    Japan would create arguably the greatest fighter in WW2 - the Mitsubishi Zero. But their failed War Factories would ultimately reduce the Zero to a Kamikaze plane.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Krupp
    7.0/1016 votes
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    #11 - Krupp

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/24/2019

    The story behind the Krupp company, who were responsible for the manufacture of two of Germany's most feared war products - the Panzer Tank and the U-boat.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Colt & Kalashnikov
    7.0/107 votes
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    #12 - Colt & Kalashnikov

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/2020

    Long before Henry Ford, Samuel Colt was the true father of mass production. Ironically, it was the inadequacy of Soviet factory production which made the AK47 so effective.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • General Motors
    6.9/1015 votes
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    #13 - General Motors

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/7/2019

    How the Americans, once they were provoked into war, out-produced the rest of the world so quickly and by such a huge margin, including the likes of General Motors.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fiat and the Fascists
    6.9/1010 votes
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    #14 - Fiat and the Fascists

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/12/2020

    Fiat didn't just make cars: they made trains, they made planes, and like modern-day kingmakers, they made and broke governments too.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Russia
    6.2/1014 votes
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    #15 - Russia

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/4/2019

    The 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Story of the Machine Gun
    6.0/101 votes
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    #16 - The Story of the Machine Gun

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2022

    This episode looks at the the invention of the machine gun, and how weapon that changed the art of war was adopted and adapted by war factories around the world. The Maxim Gun was developed by a British based American inventor called Hiram Maxim and was the first fully automatic machine-gun. The only problem was that it weighed a whooping 136 ibs. British company Vickers aquired Maxim's company and moved on the design.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The First Giants
    5.0/101 votes
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    #17 - The First Giants

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/23/2020

    The First World War led to a number of astounding war factories, which laid the foundations and paved the way for modern factories of today.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rolls Royce - The Engine That Won the War
    5.0/101 votes
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    #18 - Rolls Royce - The Engine That Won the War

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/20/2022

    The Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster and Wellington bombers, aircraft that undoubtedly won the Battle of Britain, had one thing in common, they were powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Skoda - The Factory That Struck Back
    5.0/101 votes
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    #19 - Skoda - The Factory That Struck Back

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/27/2022

    When people think of Skoda, they think of cheap and efficient family cars. As early as the 1930s, their factory was a cover for espionage, sabotage and the liberation of Jews from all over Europe.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Porsche - Nazi Master Machines
    5.0/101 votes
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    #20 - Porsche - Nazi Master Machines

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/3/2022

    Ferdinand Porsche was one of the most influential engineers in Nazi Germany.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • GM Opel Blitz
    5.0/101 votes
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    #21 - GM Opel Blitz

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2022

    For the germans, the truck became the secret weapon that changed warfare. From the mountain passes of the Ardennes, across the deserts of Libya and the vast wilderness of Russia, the humble truck enabled the German army to conduct its lightning war with speed and efficiency it required. And the key machine in Blitzkrieg was the GM Opel Blitz. This episode tells the Story of the Blitz and the American-owned war factories that would produce them, putting business before country.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Enterprise: The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier
    5.0/101 votes
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    #22 - Enterprise: The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2022

    The story of the rise of the aircraft carrier and how it changed the tactics of sea warfare.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A