During a trip to Moscow in December 1941 British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden learns of Stalin's desire to hold onto eastern Poland after the end of the war.

Despite the massive loss of life of his own people Stalin is viewed in the US as a hero by the end of 1942.

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As it suffers blow after blow on the Western, Eastern, and home front and Hitler becomes more withdrawn Nazi Germany focuses its time and resources on expensive propaganda productions.

Archaeologist Howard Carter and his team make a small yet significant discovery in their search for the tomb of Tutankhamun.

An all-star team of sorts is created to extract and itemize all items to be found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, with specific care to be given to papyri.

Italian explorer Giovanni Belzoni hones in on Ramesses II's Mansion of Millions of Years during his exploration of ancient Egyptian structures.

It's a race through Egypt as Belzoni attempts to salvage ancient artifacts before fellow Italian Drovetti gets his hands on them.

French scholar Jean-François Champollion attempts to decipher the ancient Egyptian mystery of hieroglyphs by taking a linguistic rather than symbolic approach to the riddle.

In 19th century Egypt Champollion discovers that nature and daily life influenced and inspired ancient hieroglyphs.

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.