Hitler's bodyguard (2010)
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.
Hitler's bodyguard: Season 1 - 13 Episode s
1x1 - How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
February 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.
1x2 - Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
February 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.
1x3 - Kill the new Chancellor
February 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.
1x4 - Night of the Long Knives
March 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.
1x5 - Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
March 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.
1x6 - Kill Hitler Before War Starts
March 19, 2010
By 1938, people inside and outside Germany--including some of Hitler's senior military personnel--planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.
1x7 - Bombs and Paranoia
March 26, 2010
Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.
1x8 - Dangerous Car Journeys
April 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.
1x9 - Flights into Danger
April 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.
1x10 - Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
April 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.
1x11 - Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
April 23, 2010
Heavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler's military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts--including one that came closest to succeeding.
1x12 - Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
April 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.
1x13 - Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
May 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.
Hitler's bodyguard: 1 Season
Actors in Hitler's bodyguard
Adolf Hitler
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Reinhard Heydrich
Self (archive footage), Himself
Claus von Stauffenberg
Self (archive footage), Himself
Erwin Rommel
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Martin Bormann
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Rudolf Heß
Self (archive footage), Himself
Ernst Röhm
Self (archive footage), Himself
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Himself, Self (archive footage)
Albert Speer
Self (archive footage), Himself
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