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Kill the new Chancellor

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.

Release Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 611
Subtitle     Direct Link

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage)
Reinhard Heydrich
Self (archive footage)
Claus von Stauffenberg
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Martin Bormann
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)
Rudolf Heß
Self (archive footage)
Ernst Röhm
Self (archive footage)
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Self (archive footage)
Albert Speer
Self (archive footage)

Season 1:

How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
Episode 1: How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked (Feb 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.
Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
Episode 2: Early Attempts on Hitler's Life (Feb 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.
Kill the new Chancellor
Episode 3: Kill the new Chancellor (Feb 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.
Night of the Long Knives
Episode 4: Night of the Long Knives (Mar 05, 2010)
In one bloody, well-planned purge, Hitler eliminated his political rivals and ended the looming threat from Ernst Röhm's well-armed Sturmabteilung.
Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
Episode 5: Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler (Mar 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.
Kill Hitler Before War Starts
Episode 6: Kill Hitler Before War Starts (Mar 19, 2010)
By 1938, people inside and outside Germany--including some of Hitler's senior military personnel--planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.
Bombs and Paranoia
Episode 7: Bombs and Paranoia (Mar 26, 2010)
Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.
Dangerous Car Journeys
Episode 8: Dangerous Car Journeys (Apr 02, 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.
Flights into Danger
Episode 9: Flights into Danger (Apr 09, 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.
Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
Episode 10: Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys (Apr 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.
Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
Episode 11: Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair (Apr 23, 2010)
Heavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler's military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts--including one that came closest to succeeding.
Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
Episode 12: Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof (Apr 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.
Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
Episode 13: Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker (May 07, 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.

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