Adolf Hitler's War

2020•1 series

Available on U&Yesterday

A moving and dramatic perspective on the bloodiest and most influential conflict in history. Hitler was determined to extend Germany eastwards to make Germany a great continental power and realise his dreams of lebensraum, or living space, for the German people. Based on a racist ideology, Hitler planned to eliminate or enslave the population that stood in the way of the Reich. Coupled with the belief that only violence can win power, the attempted realisation of this ideology propelled the world into war.

Episode 1Vernichtsungskrieg

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.

Episode 2A Superhuman Act of Inhumanity

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

Episode 3Moscow Is Behind Us

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.

Episode 4Now People Rise Up!

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.

Episode 5Scorched Earth

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.

Episode 6This Has Happened

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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