Trains At WarSeason 1, Episode 1 - Operation Barbarossa

Since the 1930s, Germany's steam locomotives were the fastest in the world. The Deutsche Reichsbahn was, at the time, a cutting-edge company. But Hitler much preferred the modernity of the automobile and favoured the construction of motorways. He underestimated the importance of the railway while elaborating Operation Barbarossa, his plan to violate the non-aggression treaty with USSR and invade his ally.

Trains At War was broadcast on SBS ONE at Saturday 4 October 2025, 08:30.