About this episode
This episode explores the bizarre and absurd secret weapons of World War 2, including unique tanks, battleships, and the infamous Night Witches.
In the video today we're looking at World War 2's slightly absurd secret weapons and the Japanese battleship with guns that weighed more than entire American battleships. Moving on from there we cover the Russian KV Tanks that were so tough they literally would take out anti-tank guns by driving over them. Next up we do a dive into the German space shuttle, that time Germany teamed up with IBM for mass murder, the insane way British pilots would take out one of Germany's greatest weapons, the German designed, one man spherical tank, the Russian flying tank, the sad story of the exploding anti-tank dogs, the forgotten metal can that made Blitzkrieg possible and ultimately won WWII for the Allies when they stole it, the tiny submarine that changed the course of WWII, and the bizarre fake army that defeated the Axis. Next up a flying adventure looking at the insanely amazing story of the Night Witches, followed up by another flying adventure looking at if planes actually scream when they dive. Finally, we look at the pivotal WWII gun that you'd never want to put down... Because of its propensity to accidentally fire when you did so. 0:00 WWII’s Most Absurd ‘Secret Weapons’ 16:37 The…
Topics covered
- World War 2 weapons
- military history
- absurd military technology
- tanks
- naval warfare
- aviation history
- ethical hacking
Keywords
- World War 2
- secret weapons
- Japanese battleship
- KV Tanks
- Nazi Space Shuttle
- anti-tank dogs
- Blitzkrieg
- tiny submarine
- Night Witches
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IBM
Products: KV Tanks, Nazi Space Shuttle, anti-tank dogs, Blitzkrieg, tiny submarine, Night Witches
Places: Japan, Germany, Russia
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