Adolf Hitler's War

Name: Adolf Hitler's War
Released: 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

The battles fought through the Eastern Front territories with which our story is concerned are little understood, and the fate of the population of these territories during the occupation even less. After the devastation of the war these lands became the "Soviet Bloc" and only recently have archives been opened and memories freely expressed, making it possible for us to tell the story.

2015 · 45m

EPISODE 1

Vernichtungskrieg

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 2

A 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 3

Moscow 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 4

Now 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 5

Scorched 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 6

This 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.