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Rise of the Nazis
Ernst Röhm
As Ernst Röhm’s Storm Troopers become more violent to the public, Hitler wants things to appear calm. Röhm, one of Hitler’s oldest comrades, feels he and his Storm Troopers were promised more.
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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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It’s 1942, and Hitler has just lost the Battle of Moscow. German troops are desperate.
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The battles on the Eastern Front are viewed by many as the defining conflict of WWII.
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See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base.
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Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state.
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See the events that propel Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government.