Kessler's War Machines

Kessler's War Machines is about the things people built to fight the two world wars, and what those things actually cost.

Tanks, battleships, bombers, guns, bunkers and impossible construction projects, from 1914 to 1945. Every video takes one machine and asks the same three questions. What problem was it built to solve? What did it cost in money, steel, factory hours and men? And was it worth it?

Your host is Dutch Kessler. He is not a historian and does not pretend to be one. He is an enthusiast with too many books, too many unfinished scale models, and very little patience for expensive bad ideas.

This channel is strictly non-political. It covers the engineering of every nation involved, it does not celebrate any regime, and it does not glorify war. Every number comes from a source, and when the sources disagree, the video says so.