Feb. 12, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E1 - How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
Hitler's personal protection squad grew from a few fiercely loyal, handpicked ruffians into an army with a complicated structure and intense internal competition.
Feb. 12, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E2 - Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
Beer hall brawls, street fighting, and several brushes with death marked Hitler's rise to power in the stormy politics of interbellum Germany.
Feb. 26, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E3 - Kill the new Chancellor
During Hitler's first year in office--as he steered Germany abruptly towards tyranny--he faced no fewer than a dozen attempts on his life.
March 5, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E4 - Night of the Long Knives
In one bloody, well-planned purge, Hitler eliminated his political rivals and ended the looming threat from Ernst Röhm's well-armed Sturmabteilung.
March 12, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E5 - Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
As the Nazis amped up their anti-Semitic and expansionist activities, Jewish groups, Soviet Communists, and Otto Strasser's rival Black Front all targeted Hitler.
March 19, 2010, midnight 3.0
S1E6 - Kill Hitler Before War Starts
By 1938, people inside and outside Germany--including some of Hitler's senior military personnel--planned preemptive strikes against the Führer.
March 26, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E7 - Bombs and Paranoia
Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.
April 2, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E8 - Dangerous Car Journeys
Hitler liked to tour cheering crowds in a customized, open-top Grosser Mercedes and later a G4-a predilection that gave his bodyguards nightmares.
April 9, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E9 - Flights into Danger
Hitler appreciated the power of aircraft, not only as a military weapon, but as a political tool. During the early 1930s, he hired aircraft for election campaigning, often facing weather and mechanical problems, as well as specific assassination attempts.
April 16, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E10 - Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
British operatives targeted Hitler's special train, the Führer-Sonderzug--a rolling fortress on rails--despite its heavy armor and tight security measures.
April 23, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E11 - Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
Heavily camouflaged and fortified, Hitler's military headquarters in Poland saw several assassination attempts--including one that came closest to succeeding.
April 30, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E12 - Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
Hitler's Alpine retreat in Bavaria offered opportunities for a pistol-packing German officer, a sniper, a long-range bombing raid, and even an aerial assault by the Allies.
May 7, 2010, midnight 5.0
S1E13 - Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker
One member of Hitler's inner circle later claimed to have contemplated flooding the Fuhrer's Berlin bunker with nerve gas as the Allies closed in.
