Hitler's bodyguard

Season 1

2010 · 13 episodes · 9h 58m in all · 4.8/10

Episodes

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   1. How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked

   12 Feb 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   2. Early Attempts on Hitler's Life

   12 Feb 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   3. Kill the new Chancellor

   26 Feb 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   4. Night of the Long Knives

   5 Mar 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   5. Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler

   12 Mar 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   6. Kill Hitler Before War Starts

   19 Mar 2010 · 46 min · 2.3/10

   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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   7. Bombs and Paranoia

   26 Mar 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   8. Dangerous Car Journeys

   2 Apr 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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   9. Flights into Danger

   9 Apr 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

   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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    10. Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys

    16 Apr 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

    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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    11. Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair

    23 Apr 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

    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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    12. Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof

    30 Apr 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

    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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    13. Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker

    7 May 2010 · 46 min · 5.0/10

    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.