Rise of the Nazis episode 6: Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler. A fresh perspective on how Hitler brutally seized and kept power - and the missed chances that could have stopped him. Inside the minds of monsters - and those who fought them. Rise of the Nazis episode 6 Adolf…
Rise of the Nazis episode 5: The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met his match - it's now a fight to the death. A fresh perspective on how Hitler brutally seized and kept power - and the missed chances that could have stopped him. Inside the minds of monsters - and those who fought them. Rise of the…
Rise of the Nazis episode 4: At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, all while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union. A fresh perspective on how Hitler brutally seized and kept power - and the missed chances that could have stopped him. Inside the minds of monsters - and those who fought them. Rise of the Nazis episode 4…
KGB: The Sword and the Shield episode 2: By August 1949, at least five years earlier than expected, the USSR became the world's second superpower, thanks to its spies who had stolen America's atomic secrets. But by March 1953, Stalin is dead and KGB chief, Beria, is executed later the same year. Nikita Kruschev tries to reduce the power of the security service, splitting it into several sections...but it doesn't last and, soon, the KGB is back. In…
KGB: The Sword and the Shield episode 1: Cheka was the predecessor organization of the KGB, the notorious secret service of the Soviet Union. Founded in 1917, the Cheka's employees were tasked with tracking down unreliable government officials and anarchist forces. Set up as a 'temporary' measure by Lenin, millions of Soviet citizens would die at the hands of the secret services as internal dissent, real or imaginary, was crushed. An inglorious chapter is the spying during the "Great Terror"…