Dead or alive? Did Adolf Hitler escape Berlin? … Many are not convinced … Russian troops find two burned corpses … But within weeks the Russians change their story … ‘The hard evidence is seemingly missing.’ Conspiracies Decoded s1e5
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.
Hitler gradually shut himself into his own world. Hitler’s Last Year I & II, National Geographic 2016
During the late 1930s another authoritarian ruler set in motion the events that would lead to the outbreak of the Second World War: Adolf Hitler. Hitler’s campaign began with the strangest invasion in history. On 12th March 1938 German tanks rolled across the border into Austria. They are welcomed by smiling civilians who greet the German Fuhrer as a hero. Tyrant: The Rise of Adolf Hitler aka Hitler: Countdown to War, Channel 5 2023
When he was last in Vienna he was a nobody. ibid.
The humiliation makes Hitler even more determined to invade Czechoslovakia, and take the Sudetenland and beyond. He will show them who’s in charge. ibid.
‘And what he’s quite struck by is the sight of civilians not cheering, not applauding, but really avoiding the sight of these German troops.’ Tyrant: The Rise of Adolf Hitler II, Saul David
Hitler has torn up the diplomatic rule book he was only ever pretending to play by. ibid.
27 September 1938: Hitler has successfully taken control of Austria and is now threatening to invade Czechoslovakia. Tyrant: The Rise of Adolf Hitler II
‘The Munich agreement is Hitler’s idea of Hell … Hitler didn’t want to take things slowly.’ ibid. Frank McDonough
Hitler has been revealed as a racist thug. And his mask is about to slip even further. ibid.
Hitler grew increasingly withdrawn and was often irrational in his decision making. WWII: Countdown to Victory ep18: Blueprint for Victory
By standing alone in 1940 and the first half of 1941 Britain however denied Hitler the victory, and this is the crucial point. Had Britain come to the peace table after the fall of France or refused to fight … then there is no doubt in my mind that we would be looking back upon decades of a continent, indeed perhaps a world, which had been dominated by the Nazi regime. Hitler: Could He Have Been Stopped? II
If Hitler had Europe, Britain could have its empire. ibid.
‘The discussions that then took place about peace in May 1940 were an absolutely crucial moment in British history.’ ibid. Andrew Roberts
‘In the debate in Churchill’s cabinet it’s Chamberlain who comes to his defence and he turns against his old friend Halifax.’ ibid. Professor Frank McDonough
Then an extraordinary error of judgement: Hitler declared war on Russia. ibid.
Britain was now part of a world war it was ill equipped to fight. ibid.
‘Fighting a war of limited liability helped the British.’ ibid. Professor Frank McDonaugh
War debts to the United States were not paid off until 2008. ibid.
On November 8th 1923 Adolf Hitler led the infamous beerhall putsch, an attempt to take power in Germany by force. It was a day that would change the world for ever. Hitler’s Coup 1923, Giles Milton reporting, History 2023
In some ways Hitler’s putsch on 8th/9th November 1923 was a complete failure. It didn’t bring about what he hoped to bring about. It didn’t bring about the national revolution. But without that putsch Hitler may never have come to power. It gave him time to reflect, it gave him time to think about how he would destroy the Wehrmarch regime. ibid.
‘Hitler’s model was of course Mussolini’s march on Rome.’ ibid. Sir Richard Evans
Now he makes a fatal mistake. He leaves the Bierkeller and he leaves the ruling triumvirate of Bavaria in the hands of Ludendorff … Everything starts to unravel. ibid.
On November 9th 1923 Hitler’s attempt to seize power in the Beerhall Putsch had ended in a deadly gun battle in the centre of Munich. ibid.
He’s going to be tried in a people’s court in Bavaria with a very sympathetic judge. ibid.
One of the most notorious dictators in history, the man who led Germany in World War II. Most historians agree Hitler perished as the war in Europe came to an end. Some claim there is not sufficient proof of his death. History’s Greatest Mysteries s4e22, History 2024
After the Battle of the Somme, Adolf Hitler was examined by an army doctor. The records show that he lost a very particular part of his anatomy. When it came up for sale five years ago, I made sure nothing stood in my way. The sole physical remnant of the Fuhrer of the Third Reich. Preserved in formaldehyde for nearly 80 years. Adolf Hitler’s nutball … I am now in possession of the genesis of Hitler’s creative genius. In his teste. The Gentlemen IV: An Unsympathetic Gentleman, Max to Eddie et al, Netflix 2024