Episode Guide
Season 1
Episode Guide
The Death Railway
S1
E1
Jun 20, 2017
Discover the shocking story of the construction of WWII's Death Railway from some of the Allied POWs forced to build it.
Ambulance Trains
S1
E2
Jun 27, 2017
From ambulance train to cutting-edge mobile hospital, see how the railway industry saved lives for over a century of war.
Nazi Railway
S1
E3
Jul 4, 2017
From a mobile command headquarters for Hitler to the trains that carried out mass murder, track the history of the Nazi railway.
WWI
S1
E4
Jul 11, 2017
See how the efficiency of railways in WWI led not to a speedy victory but to the interminable horror of trench warfare.
WWII The Home Front
S1
E5
Jul 18, 2017
Track the vital role British trains played during World War II, through firsthand accounts and rarely seen footage.
Critical Cargo
S1
E6
Jul 25, 2017
Hop aboard and hear the stories of four rail journeys that changed the course of WWII, the Russian Revolution, and more.
The First Railroad War
S1
E7
Aug 1, 2017
From Bull Run to the Petersburg Campaign, see how trains affected and defined the American Civil War.