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Adolf Hitler caused the deaths of fifty million people. An entire nation followed him to ruin. Over a tumultuous 12 years Adolf Hitler went from being a minor rabble-rousing politician, to supreme leader of Nazi

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Season 1

  • Dangerous Car Journeys
    7.7/1036 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
    7.7/1039 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
    7.6/1038 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
    7.6/1031 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
    7.5/1053 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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Flights into Danger
    7.5/1035 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
    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

  • Night of the Long Knives
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    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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
    7.2/1041 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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Kill the new Chancellor
    7.2/1043 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
    7.2/1044 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Kill Hitler Before War Starts
    7.2/1046 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

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bombs and Paranoia
    7.2/1041 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

    Writer: Unknown