As German forces gradually retreat from the Eastern front and Soviet forces wait just outside Warsaw the Polish resistance rises assuming that Stalin will come to their aid.

As part of the Soviet control that Stalin imposed over Poland Russians were made to pose as Polish officers.

A former interpreter of Stalin's confirms that he felt betrayed by the Allies because they only opened up a second front in Western Europe when the Red Army began to approach Germany and the West.

Horst Wessel was an early leader within the Nazi stormtroopers (SA) who clashed regularly with leftist groups such as Communists. Although murdered by a known leftist it seems that the reason for his assassination was more personal than political.

Hitler is wary of the influence of the Brownshirts particularly after he becomes Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and fears that the armed and semi-mutinous gangs will destabilize his rule.

As it suffers blow after blow on the Western, Eastern, and home front and Hitler becomes more withdrawn Nazi Germany focuses its time and resources on expensive propaganda productions.

Born into a poor immigrant criminal family in London's West end Billy Charles Hill was destined to lead a life outside the law. By the time he was a young adult he became universally feared.

Disturbing and outright violent behavior coupled with cleverness convinced those who knew Marcel Petiot as a child that he would grow up to be a menace.

In November of 1945 two soldiers who were stationed in Kronberg Castle northwest of Frankfurt come upon a trove of treasure hidden behind a cement wall in the basement.

As part of their plans for expansion into and domination of the Soviet Union the Nazi hierarchy create the Einsatzgruppe, death squads that are tasked with clearing territory of Jews and Communists for settlement by Germans.

During the Nuremberg Trials former SS officers explain how the Einsatzgruppen procured and employed their gas vans.

After the defeat at Stalingrad Nazi Germany initiates Aktion 1005, an attempt to eliminate evidence of the mass killings perpetrated by the Einsatzgruppen because of concerns about the repercussions once the war was over.

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Veterans and footage from the invasion of Normandy provide the details as to just how treacherous the initial landings and fierce the German defenses were their with underwater mines, 88-milimeter artillery rounds and machine gun emplacements.

Private Hal Baumgarten and his fellow GIs are victims of a deadly German ambush as they advance inland from the beach at Normandy. As he is about to be evacuated a sniper hits him, then gets "exterminated" by an unexpected friend.

A formidable German defense in Caen forces the Allies to unleash a massive aerial bombardment on the key city, with both the enemy and allies forced to seek cover.