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Rise of the Nazis
Night of the Long Knives
Season 1
Episode 3
See how Hitler finds himself caught between Germany’s president and the Nazis’ power base. His advisors persuade him to destroy the Nazi stormtroopers and their leader – one of his oldest friends – to make the SS Germany’s only paramilitary force.
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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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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.