Das Reich: Hitler's Death Squads

Das Reich: Hitler's Death Squads

2015•45m•6.0/10

DocumentaryWar & Politics

Ratings

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6.0/10(4)

D-Day, June 6th, 1944. As the Allies storm the beaches of Normandy, Hitler orders the return of the Das Reich, the infamous Panzer elite division known for its mass murders in Ukraine and Belarus, based at that time in southwest of France. Its mission: to push the Allies back into the Atlantic and turn the tide of the conflict in favor of the Nazi Germany.

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Production

Nilaya Productions, ARTE, France Télévisions

Language

FR

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 2, 2015

Last Aired

March 2, 2015

Networks

ARTE

Created By

Michaël Prazan

Seasons & Episodes

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

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2015-03-02

In the last year of World War II, the infamous Das Reich elite Panzer division was known for its mass killings on the Eastern Front...

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2015-03-02

A powerful army of 15,000 men and over 200 tanks… It took six days for Das Reich to reach Normandy from the south of France, massacring thousands of civilians along the way…

Cast

Luc Schillinger

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Olivier Houlman

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Petit

Himself - Narrator (voice)

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