7.3/1010 votes#1 - 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
- 6.9/1010 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.2/1012 votes
#3 - 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
- 7.6/107 votes
#4 - 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
- 7.1/109 votes
#5 - 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
- 7.3/1010 votes
#6 - 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
- 7.0/107 votes
#7 - 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
- 5.0/101 votes
#8 - 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
The Best Episodes of War Factories Season 2
Every episode of War Factories Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of War Factories Season 2!
The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War.
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Battle for Black Gold" is the best rated episode of "War Factories" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/5/2020. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Fiat and the Fascists".