Adolf Hitler's War

2020•52m

Documentary

Hitler was determined to extend Germany eastwards to make Germany a great continental power. Hitler's policy, based on a racist ideology, planned to eliminate or enslave the population that stood in the way of the Reich. It was this determination that propelled the world into war. Hitler believed that the conquest territories including Poland, the Belarussian and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Baltic States "for the German people" was his destiny.

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Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 3, 2020

Last Aired

October 8, 2020

Networks

U&Yesterday, PLANÈTE+

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Vernichtsungskrieg

Air date: 2020-09-03

Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards, but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war.

A Superhuman Act Of Inhumanity

Air date: 2020-09-10

Betrayed, Stalin fights the German army in the Soviet states. The German occupation policies lead to the first extermination policies of 'undesirables'.

Moscow Is Behind Us

Air date: 2020-09-17

As Hitler's troops advance, occupants in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland take the brunt of the occupying forces cruelty; and the first concentration camps are created.

Now People Rise Up!

Air date: 2020-09-24

The Red Army develops strength and Hitler's Spring Offensive is stopped at Stalingrad; and in the largest ghetto the inhabitants' fight back in the Warsaw Uprising.

Scorched Earth

Air date: 2020-10-01

In Kursk, a 'battlefield' the size of Wales, the tide turns, and the Soviet's push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.

This Has Happened

Air date: 2020-10-08

Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new, scarred Europe will emerge.

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