Season 1
13 episodes · Feb 12, 2010
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S1E1How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
Feb 12, 201046mHitler's personal protection squad grew from a few fiercely loyal, handpicked ruffians into an army with a complicated structure and intense internal competition.
S1E2Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
Feb 12, 201046mBeer hall brawls, street fighting, and several brushes with death marked Hitler's rise to power in the stormy politics of interbellum Germany.
S1E3Kill the new Chancellor
Feb 26, 201046mDuring Hitler's first year in office--as he steered Germany abruptly towards tyranny--he faced no fewer than a dozen attempts on his life.
S1E4Night of the Long Knives
Mar 5, 201046mIn one bloody, well-planned purge, Hitler eliminated his political rivals and ended the looming threat from Ernst Röhm's well-armed Sturmabteilung.
S1E5Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
Mar 12, 201046mAs the Nazis amped up their anti-Semitic and expansionist activities, Jewish groups, Soviet Communists, and Otto Strasser's rival Black Front all targeted Hitler.
S1E6Kill Hitler Before War Starts
Mar 19, 201046mBy 1938, people inside and outside Germany--including some of Hitler's senior military personnel--planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.
S1E7Bombs and Paranoia
Mar 26, 201046mConvinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.
S1E8Dangerous Car Journeys
Apr 2, 201046mHitler liked to tour cheering crowds in a customized, open-top Grosser Mercedes and later a G4-a predilection that gave his bodyguards nightmares.
S1E9Flights into Danger
Apr 9, 201046mHitler appreciated the power of aircraft, not only as a military weapon, but as a political tool. During the early 1930s, he hired aircraft for election campaigning, often facing weather and mechanical problems, as well as specific assassination attempts.
S1E10Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
Apr 16, 201046mBritish operatives targeted Hitler's special train, the Führer-Sonderzug--a rolling fortress on rails--despite its heavy armor and tight security measures.
S1E11Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
Apr 23, 201046mHeavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler's military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts--including one that came closest to succeeding.
S1E12Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
Apr 30, 201046mHitler's Alpine retreat in Bavaria offered opportunities for a pistol-packing German officer, a sniper, a long-range bombing raid, and even an aerial assault by the Allies.
S1E13Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
May 7, 201046mOne member of Hitler's inner circle later claimed to have contemplated flooding the Fuhrer's Berlin bunker with nerve gas as the Allies closed in.