Season 1

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  7.4/1051 votes

  How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2010

  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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  7.2/1040 votes

  Early Attempts on Hitler's Life

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2010

  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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  7.1/1043 votes

  Kill the new Chancellor

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2010

  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.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.3/1045 votes

  Night of the Long Knives

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.1/1043 votes

  Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/2010

  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.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.3/1044 votes

  Kill Hitler Before War Starts

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.1/1040 votes

  Bombs and Paranoia

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/26/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.7/1035 votes

  Dangerous Car Journeys

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.6/1034 votes

  Flights into Danger

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/9/2010

  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.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.5/1037 votes

  Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.6/1039 votes

  Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.5/1032 votes

  Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/2010

  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.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.5/1032 votes

  Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/2010

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown