Hitler and his Nazis swept to power on a brutal racist platform. So the Nazis decided to fight two wars simultaneously: one external and one within. But this additional ideological war would greatly undermine the Nazis’ ability to win World War II. How the Nazis Lost the War III: The Enemy Within
What kind of leader murders millions and takes on the world’s major powers on multiple battlefronts? Could a disease caught in the trenches during World War I have accelerated this delusional personality? Could another contribution factor have been a raging drug addiction? It was a recipe for disaster which led to a consummate crushing defeat for Hitler and the Nazis. How the Nazis Lost the War IV: Drugs, Delusion and Demise
His blundering coupled with his increasingly unstable personality proved ultimately to be one of the Allies’ greatest weapons. ibid.
From 1941 on a regular basis Hitler was injected with methamphetamine and morphine. ibid.
These are some of the most infamous men of the Nazi regime … Each name conjures its own special nightmare, but could they work together to bring the grand Nazi vision to fruition, or would their toxic and dangerous self-interest cause dysfunction and ruin? How the Nazis Lost the War V: The Bitchy Inner Circle
What happens when you put a delusional lance-corporal in charge of a massive military machine? Early victories over woefully under-prepared adversaries however gave Hitler a massive superiority complex. But when the mistakes started, they came thick and fast. And in the end, hubris and self-interest led to catastrophic defeat at the hands of the Allies. How the Nazis Lost the War VI: Military Blunders
Dunkirk: Whatever the reason, while the Germans dithered, the British seized their chance to escape. Hitler had let slip his biggest opportunity to crush the British spirit. ibid.
Hitler’s overconfidence in his political and military abilities were about to be magnified as he attempted the invasion of Soviet Russia. ibid.
Could the island paradise of Turks & Caicos hold the answers to a long-standing Nazi mystery? Can a team of divers follow clues left by famous treasure seekers Roger Miklos to hunt and find a Nazi U-boat? A submarine he believes is full of gold and other priceless treasures? History’s Greatest Mysteries s2e2: Hunting Hitler’s U-Boats, History 2021
A stunning treasure worth half a billion dollars lost without a trace … The disappearance of a work of art so remarkable that’s it known as the 8th Wonder of the World. History’s Greatest Mysteries s3e3: Amber Room
Will we ever be able to find the incomparable Amber Room? ibid.
‘After the Nazi siege of Leningrad, the Amber Room goes missing.’ ibid.
An enduring World War II mystery. Vast amounts of art, gold, silver and currency are looted by the Nazis and stashed all over Europe. Though some is recovered in astonishing finds, much more is still missing. History’s Greatest Mysteries s4e12: The Hunt for Stolen Nazi Treasure, History 2023
Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions. Storyville: Final Account, Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor, BBC 2022
In 2008 filmmaker Luke Holland embarked on a journey to find and interview witnesses to the crimes of the Third Reich. ibid. caption
Bernburg was one of six euthanasia centres in Germany and Austria. Approximately 14,000 individuals, regarded by the Nazis as ‘not worthy of life’, were murdered here. ibid.
Kristallnacht 9-10 November 1938: Some 1,400 synagogues and places of worship were destroyed. Over 7,000 Jewish properties and cemeteries were damaged. Many Jews were murdered. 30,000 were imprisoned. The event caused a major Jewish exodus. ibid.
I still have the smell of the crematorium in my nose. When you saw the smoke going up, like when you burn car tyres, then someone said, They have put some more in.’ ibid. survivor
You could see the smoke from the ovens. You knew what was going on. ibid. neighbour
A weapon of mass destruction. In World War II the allies and the Nazis raced to build the world’s first nuclear warhead … Were the Nazis able to combine their knowledge and their uranium stockpile to build an atomic bomb? Conspiracies Decoded s1e3: Nazi Doomsday Project, Science 2020
In 1941 Hitler’s empire covered Europe from the continent’s western corner to the east. Berlin rode a wave of euphoria while the German army rampaged from victory to victory. What could stand in the way of the Wehrmacht? How could Hitler’s lightning war be extinguished? Perhaps only by the mania of its own creator. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession I, 2021
This vast [eastern] invasion would bring Hitler’s Reich crashing down around him, stretching resources, manpower and his deranged vision to their limits. ibid.
‘The Germans were getting very scared indeed; and the Russians were absolutely determined to fight to the last death.’ Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession II, Max Hastings
Hitler’s obsessive nature had caused his downfall once again … He had doomed his plans once and for all. ibid.
Liverpool: It was also the scene of Nazi pre-war spying. Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan, Guy Walters, Yesterday 2019
The information and intelligence gathered by Nazi pre-war spying in Liverpool would go on to be used against the city with devastating effect by the German Luftwaffe. ibid.
The German army with all its might was at the gate. It had crushed all before it in just a few days and Britain was next on the list. Invasion seemed inevitable and the country began making preparations to meet it. ibid.
The Nazi intention to capture Britain was planned with frightening detail. ibid.
Not only would our art have been under threat but also many of Britain’s most iconic buildings. ibid.
The Nazis would have implemented their doctrine with immediate effect. ibid.
There are exactly 2,820 names on this list; all of them were earmarked for immediate arrest. ibid.
For Adolf Hitler victory meant more than the opportunity of implementing his perverse racial view. European conquest and global domination would also enable him to redesign Germany and the occupied territories along the lines of his equally twisted archaeological ambitions. Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan II: Nazi Megacities
Germania: the city was intended to be nothing less than the capital of the entire world. ibid.
Speer joined the Nazi party in 1931. A young gifted architect, Speer soon rose through the political ranks to become a prominent member of Hitler’s inner circle. ibid.
In late May 1942 two German U-boats left Lorient in occupied France to make a mammoth journey of over 3,000 miles across the Atlantic ocean to the United States of America. Their mission: to land Nazi agent who were to carry out terrorist attacks on American civilians and sabotage the American war effort. Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan III
Behind the gates of Camp Siegfried something very sinister was going on indeed. ibid.
Fritz Kuhn was the leader of an organisation called the German American Bund which owned and operated Camp Siegfried. ibid.
There was 20 such camps across America all teaching children about the ideals of Nazism. ibid.
A network of German spies had infiltrated multiple areas of American society: it was known as the Duquesne Spy Ring. ibid.
Adolf Hitler had a very clear idea of what he considered to be a model citizen of the Third Reich. For him, a true and loyal Nazi would live and breath the regime. Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan IV
One of the areas singled out was the clothing and fashion sector. ibid.
Many of these children, the circumstances under which they were born went on to have profound effects on their lives. ibid.
Hitler’s quest for racial purity all because he chose to believe that all true Germanic Aryans should have blond hair and blue eyes. ibid.
Education in the Third Reich served to promote Nazis and National Socialist views. ibid.
Recreation, leisure, and Nazism … For Adolf Hitler they were an integral part of his plan to control Germany’s workforce and to indoctrinate citizens of the Third Reich with the ideals of the Nazi regime. Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan V
Hitler used the Olympic games to promote Nazism. How he controlled the leisure time and holidays of his citizens by developing the world’s largest travel agency. ibid.
Hitler had very strict views on the kind of paintings that people should be admiring. ibid.
State-funding recreation and leisure time. ibid.
Both before and indeed during the war transport was a critical lifeline for Nazi Germany. This was something Adolf Hitler understood all too well which is why it played such an important part in his plans for the preparation of war … How serious they were about creating the world’s greatest transport system. Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan VI
Just 12 days after his election Hitler made one of his first big public speeches at the Berlin motor show … A vast new motorway network. ibid.