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Rise of the Nazis
Politics
Season 1
Episode 1
Learn the chain of events that propels Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government. After leading a failed coup in 1923, he turns the Nazis into a legitimate, mainstream party and plots to overthrow Germany’s political elite.
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55:49
After Stalingrad, Hitler leaves it to the men around him to pull Germany from the abyss.
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54:52
It’s 1942, and Hitler has just lost the Battle of Moscow. German troops are desperate.
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54:40
The battles on the Eastern Front are viewed by many as the defining conflict of WWII.
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55:45
See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base.
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54:57
Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state.