Modern Marvels: WWII is a three-part limited series on The History Channel that explores the defining machines, massive engineering projects, and groundbreaking innovations of the war. Originally part of the network’s longest-running franchise, the series highlights how wartime urgency accelerated scientific breakthroughs that permanently reshaped modern warfare and everyday life.

Modern Marvels explores World War II as the ultimate global arms race—where victory depends on who can invent, build, and scale the most incredible engineering marvels. Across three electrifying episodes, the series moves from terrifying Superweapons and massive Mega Builds to fascinating Gear and Gadgets that change the course of history. It’s WWII as an all-out battle of innovation—where the world’s greatest scientists and engineers decide the fate of nations and influence the technology of today, revealing how urgency, ambition, and imagination accelerate breakthroughs that permanently reshape warfare, industry, and everyday life.

The three-part series focuses on:

• Mega Builds: Examining immense engineering projects including the Pentagon and the Maginot Line.
• Super Weapons: Featuring innovations like the Bouncing Bomb, B-29 Superfortress, and the massive German Gustav Gun.
• Gears and Gadgets: Highlighting devices from the bazooka and cavity magnetron to the Enigma machine and early night-vision.

The series is set to air on July 27th.