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See how Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rise to power. In 1930, Germany is a liberal democracy. Just four years later, democracy is dead, Germany’s leader is a dictator and the government is in the hands of the Nazis.

After Stalingrad, Hitler leaves it to the men around him to pull Germany from the abyss.
It’s 1942, and Hitler has just lost the Battle of Moscow. German troops are desperate.
Facing defeat, resistance builds as Hitler pushes Germany to untold destruction.
Episodes
See the events that propel Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government.
Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state.
See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base.
The battles on the Eastern Front are viewed by many as the defining conflict of WWII.
Extras
Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state.
The Storm Troopers start to become a threat.
Himmler plans to exploit Röhm’s weakness to eliminate him and the Storm Troopers.
Edgar Jung, a right-wing intellectual, secretly plots Hitler’s downfall.
When the Nazi Party takes control with 37 percent of the vote, Hitler strikes.
Heinrich Himmler and the SS saw themselves as Hitler’s most loyal soldiers.
Heinrich Himmler had Hitler’s approval and knew which buttons to push.
The Storm Troopers start a large-scale operation to fight inner enemies.
The Nazi Party gains the attention of Kurt von Schleicher.
The stormtroopers were a paramilitary wing used by the Nazi Party.