Hitler's last gasp offensive, the Battle of the Bulge, had been defeated and he fled back to Berlin. Now, as the Soviet juggernaut smashed its way into the heart of the Nazi capital.
As Hitler began the aggression which swiftly engulfed Europe in a devastating war, he realised that he needed a mobile military headquarters from which he could direct his armies. Ep10
Hitler employed a former World War 1 air ace Hans Baur as his personal pilot, and the Fuhrer would go on to make Baur one of his key bodyguards, and his skill was critical when war came. Ep 9
Adolf Hitler loved cars. But it was travelling by car through crowds, which could easily harbor assassins that he was at his most vulnerable - and his bodyguard at their most alert. Ep 8
Prague's Black Front poses a threat after Hitler becomes Chancellor as German Jews try to strike back against Nazi officials. But Hitler's security proved equal to the task of keeping him alive. Ep 5
Hitler's last gasp offensive, the Battle of the Bulge, had been defeated and he fled back to Berlin. Now, as the Soviet juggernaut smashed its way into the heart of the Nazi capital.
By January 1933, Hitler's brutal rise to power had earned him many enemies, and the savage in-fighting between Nazi chieftains and his bodyguard were bloodthirsty. S1 E3: Kill the New Chancellor
As Adolf Hitler clawed his way closer to power, his extremist policies brought him a host of enemies, some of whom were only too eager to see him dead. S1 E2: Early Attempts on Hitler's Life