Hitler's Bodyguard

This is an enthralling, informative - and sometimes painful to watch - history of Hitler's precarious hold on power. The series makes clear that lots of people hated Hitler, and truly wanted to bump him off. Many people - both inside Germany as well as outside - put together various plots and schemes to do exactly that, but nearly every effort ended in abysmal failure. Only one or two of the plots really came even close. Some of the plots were downright inspired lunacy, like the proposal offered to New Zealand test pilot A.E. Clouston that he fly a British long-range plane all the way from England to Berlin, bomb Hitler as the fuhrer sat in a parade viewing stand, then high-tail it back to Britain - all on one tank of gas! Clouston thoughtfully and respectfully declined, but the series really makes you ponder the "what if?" aspects of such attempts on Hitler's life.

Anyway, this is a great series for people who want a refresher course on the dark days of Nazi power consolidation and other events leading up to WWII. In addition to footage from after WWII started, the series contains fantastic amounts of footage from the early to late 1930's; also many clips are shown in well-preserved color film. Plus, the series puts things in a global perspective, and also reveals things that make you scratch your head and say, "Wow, I never knew that before!"

I DVR'd the whole series off of the Military Channel. I believe you can go to their website and order the series on DVD. Highly recommended for war and history buffs.

At this point in history - Germany itself was barely 70 years old as a Country as it embarked on its second Attempt to conquer Europe (please note "The EU" is NOT Europe!)

This interesting documentary tackles the "Germany" subject from an interesting angle and whilst its true some footage may have been seen before - this subject as not been delved into so deeply.

Germany today seems to have control of The EU - (via their surreptitious control of The ECB) even though most EU citizens are blind to that fact and now Germany has declared it will become the third largest defence spender on the planet.

"Financial and military control"?

Oh really? Surely not again. Will the sleepwalkers please wake up?

Superb documentary series dealing with a seldom explored topic from the era of the Third Reich: the many attempts on Hitler's life. Fascinating footage is incorporated that illustrates such obscure facts as the details regarding Hitler's private train, his aircraft, and those charged with his protection. Well documented and expertly researched, in the process of exploring the dictator's protection against assassination, this series is a very well-done concise history of World War II. Worth the time of the Second World War scholar as well as those with an amateur interest in the time period. Hard to believe a fresh take on Hitler's Germany is still possible but this is a very welcome effort.

I enjoyed seeing all the archive footage but the first three episodes are very repetitive.

The same characters & events are shown over & over.

I'm persevering for now & hoping it doesn't continue in the same vein.

One of the most interesting series on Hitler in the interwar years, detailing his rise to power and the intrigues of the Nazis. More and better information than I've found in any series about the Nazis. The less appealing elements are the somewhat intrusive music and the repetitive footage which assumes the viewer has not seen previous episodes. All in all, those are small complaints compared to the depth of information in the series. Hitler's rise to power, year by year, has most often been skimmed over or ignored in previous bios and this is much than the title suggests. An absolute must for Nazi history buffs.