Hitler's bodyguard

Season 1

13 episodes · Feb 12, 2010

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  • How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
    S1E1

    How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked

    Feb 12, 201046m

    Hitler's personal protection squad grew from a few fiercely loyal, handpicked ruffians into an army with a complicated structure and intense internal competition.

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  • Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
    S1E2

    Early Attempts on Hitler's Life

    Feb 12, 201046m

    Beer hall brawls, street fighting, and several brushes with death marked Hitler's rise to power in the stormy politics of interbellum Germany.

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  • Kill the new Chancellor
    S1E3

    Kill the new Chancellor

    Feb 26, 201046m

    During Hitler's first year in office--as he steered Germany abruptly towards tyranny--he faced no fewer than a dozen attempts on his life.

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  • Night of the Long Knives
    S1E4

    Night of the Long Knives

    Mar 5, 201046m

    In one bloody, well-planned purge, Hitler eliminated his political rivals and ended the looming threat from Ernst Röhm's well-armed Sturmabteilung.

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  • Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
    S1E5

    Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler

    Mar 12, 201046m

    As the Nazis amped up their anti-Semitic and expansionist activities, Jewish groups, Soviet Communists, and Otto Strasser's rival Black Front all targeted Hitler.

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  • Kill Hitler Before War Starts
    S1E6

    Kill Hitler Before War Starts

    Mar 19, 201046m

    By 1938, people inside and outside Germany--including some of Hitler's senior military personnel--planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.

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  • Bombs and Paranoia
    S1E7

    Bombs and Paranoia

    Mar 26, 201046m

    Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.

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  • Dangerous Car Journeys
    S1E8

    Dangerous Car Journeys

    Apr 2, 201046m

    Hitler liked to tour cheering crowds in a customized, open-top Grosser Mercedes and later a G4-a predilection that gave his bodyguards nightmares.

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  • Flights into Danger
    S1E9

    Flights into Danger

    Apr 9, 201046m

    Hitler 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.

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  • Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
    S1E10

    Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys

    Apr 16, 201046m

    British operatives targeted Hitler's special train, the Führer-Sonderzug--a rolling fortress on rails--despite its heavy armor and tight security measures.

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  • Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
    S1E11

    Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair

    Apr 23, 201046m

    Heavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler's military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts--including one that came closest to succeeding.

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  • Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
    S1E12

    Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof

    Apr 30, 201046m

    Hitler'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.

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  • Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
    S1E13

    Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker

    May 7, 201046m

    One 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.

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