Weird War Two

Robert Joe takes Sam Willis to a park to demonstrate his theory of how the Japanese could have planned to attack the US with their deadly super weapon.??(photo credit: FIC Singapore/Lau Hon Meng)

BEIJING - Robert Joe visits the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention to learn more about the deadly plague bacteria and the science behind the horrific research of Japan's Unit 731.

HARBIN, CHINA - Sam Willis and Robert Joe visit the former headquarters of Unit 731. The ruins are now protected by the Chinese government and there also stands a museum of the grizzly research carried out by the unit during WWII.

EXTERNSTEINE, GERMANY - Robert Joe explores Externsteine looking for reasons why Himmler was convinced that it played a significant role as a site of Germanic worship.

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY - Sam Willis and Robert Joe meet Dr. Julian Strube at the Heidelberg Thingstätte, a Nazi-era amphitheater, amidst the fog. Dr. Julian Strube is an expert on Nazi occultism.

MITTENWALD, GERMANY - Robert Joe is testing a metal detectors in Mittenwald, Germany. In this area, treasure hunters can find items as old as an axe from the bronze era as well as modern day treasure such as Roman coins, Nazi army helmets and bullet casings.

FLORENCE, ITALY - RJ investigates a new mystery in Florence about a stash of art discovered at a nearby castle during WW2. ??(photo credit: Fox International Channels Singapore/Fox International Channels Singapore/Ossian Bacon)

HANAU, GERMANY - Sam Willis is examining the archives with Dr. Andrea Hohmeyer, Head of Corporate Archives, Evonik Industries AG in Germany. Between 1940 and 1944 Degussa, currently known as Evonik, processed 420 tons of silver and 5 tons of gold. Nearly half of the gold was stolen from Jews.

YANGON, MYANMAR - Sam and Robert Joe get up close and personal with a baby man-eating crocodile, which can grow to three times the height of a human. 

WALBRZYCH, POLAND - Osówka Tunnel is part of Project Riese, the underground tunnel systems built by the Nazis from 1943 to 1945. The purpose of these tunnels is unclear. Some source suggested they could have been built as Hitler's Headquarters; while the other source suggested it as Nazi underground factories.

(v.l.n.r.) Robert Joe; Sam Willis

EBEN-EMAEL, BELGIUM - Sam Willis and Robert Joe stand in front of a casemate armored vehicle at Belgium?s Fort Eben Emael, one of the biggest and most formidable fortresses in the world at the time in World War II. During the blitzkriegs in 1940, German soldiers attacked and managed to penetrate into the fortress in about 15 minutes.??(photo credit: Fox International Channels Singapore/Lau Hon Meng )

WARSAW, POLAND - ?Each bar of gold weighs 27.5 pounds (12.5 KG) and is worth approximately half a million US dollars.?(photo credit: FIC Singapore/Tom Lindley)

NINGBO, CHINA - Sam Willis, historian, speaks with Hu Xianzhong (center) and Hu Dingyang (left) about their memory of Japanese biological attacks on their home city of Ningbo.

BERLIN - Matthias Meissner, German Federal Archives' archivist, shows Sam Willis documents that link Heinrich Himmler to Wewelsburg Castle.

MERKERS-KIESELBACH, GERMANY - Robert Joe is exploring Merkers Mine in Germany. In April 1945, the American troops found large quantities of valuables hidden in the mine: gold bars, coins, bank notes and artworks. ??(photo credit: FIC Singapore/Tina Naber)

WEWELSBURG, GERMANY - An aerial shot of the Wewelsburg Castle, which is located in the district of Paderborn and stands high on a rock overlooking the Alme Valley.

(v.l.n.r.) Robert Joe; Sam Willis

OSWIECIM, POLAND - ?Sam Willis and Robert Joe are at the entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp. Many passed under this sign, "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) to their death. 1.1 million people were murdered here by the Nazis. ?(photo credit: FIC Singapore/Tom Lindley)

LONDON - Sam at the National Archives. He is searching for a report by a lieutenant named Frederick Hartt who was a member of the Monuments Men.

FLORENCE - Photo of the city of Florence in Italy.