Series
Hitler's bodyguard
Documentary
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 Germany. He was hated by those he persecuted, and even by some of his own commanders - yet in twenty-five years no one managed to kill him. This program shows how Hitler's bodyguards helped him cheat death on many occasions. They expanded from a handful of thugs recruited to protect political meetings and fight opponents on the streets, to many thousands - including some of the most fearsome secret police and paramilitary forces the world has ever known.
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Seasons & episodes
1How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked12 Feb 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Hitler's personal protection squad grew from a few fiercely loyal, handpicked ruffians into an army with a complicated structure and intense internal competition.
2Early Attempts on Hitler's Life12 Feb 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Beer hall brawls, street fighting, and several brushes with death marked Hitler's rise to power in the stormy politics of interbellum Germany.
3Kill the new Chancellor26 Feb 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0During Hitler's first year in office--as he steered Germany abruptly towards tyranny--he faced no fewer than a dozen attempts on his life.
4Night of the Long Knives5 Mar 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0In one bloody, well-planned purge, Hitler eliminated his political rivals and ended the looming threat from Ernst Röhm's well-armed Sturmabteilung.
5Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler12 Mar 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0As the Nazis amped up their anti-Semitic and expansionist activities, Jewish groups, Soviet Communists, and Otto Strasser's rival Black Front all targeted Hitler.
6Kill Hitler Before War Starts19 Mar 2010 · 46m · ★ 2.3By 1938, people inside and outside Germany--including some of Hitler's senior military personnel--planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.
7Bombs and Paranoia26 Mar 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.
8Dangerous Car Journeys2 Apr 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Hitler liked to tour cheering crowds in a customized, open-top Grosser Mercedes and later a G4-a predilection that gave his bodyguards nightmares.
9Flights into Danger9 Apr 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Hitler 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.
10Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys16 Apr 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0British operatives targeted Hitler's special train, the Führer-Sonderzug--a rolling fortress on rails--despite its heavy armor and tight security measures.
11Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair23 Apr 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Heavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler's military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts--including one that came closest to succeeding.
12Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof30 Apr 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0Hitler'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.
13Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker7 May 2010 · 46m · ★ 5.0One 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.
Details
- Created by
- Robert Powell
- First aired
- 12 Feb 2010
- Last aired
- 7 May 2010
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Episodes
- 13
- Votes
- 8 on TMDB
Cast
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)
Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage)
Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)
Reinhard HeydrichSelf (archive footage)
Claus von StauffenbergSelf (archive footage)
Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage)
Martin BormannSelf (archive footage)
Adolf EichmannSelf (archive footage)
Rudolf HessSelf (archive footage)
Ernst RöhmSelf (archive footage)
Joachim von RibbentropSelf (archive footage)
Albert SpeerSelf (archive footage)
