Faceoff: Hitler vs. Stalin

An examination of the paranoia, cold-bloodedness, and sadism of two of the 20th century's most brutal dictators and mass murderers: Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

The first days of World War II were marked by speedy advances and stunning victories by the German Armies, including a brutally effective new form of mechanized warfare: the Blitzkreig.

Learn about the vast psychological and physical foundation that supported Joseph Stalin in his rise to become a terrifying personification of evil in the 20th century.

The German Army was modern, well-trained, and well-led. By comparison the Red Army was inexperienced and ill-equipped. So how did the Russians win the bloodbath at Stalingrad?

Follow a team of historical detectives as they use evidence from recent excavations, scientific studies, and historical documents to piece together clues about how the Soviet Union looked during Josef Stalin's rule.

Today Moscow is a modern metropolis, but below its crowded streets lie reminders of its war-torn past - and pieces of Joseph Stalin's terrifying legacy. Host Don Wildman digs deep into Moscow's subterranean history.

Nazi armies sweep through the Soviet Union seeking oil reserves, but at Stalingrad, the Germans face brutal weather, starvation conditions, and a fiercely determined resistance.

Explore the relationship between Hitler and his personal physician, Dr. Theodore Morell. How did amphetamine abuse, Parkinson's Disease, and tertiary syphilis impact the dictator's state of mind?

Everyone knows the public archive footage of Hitler, but most of it is silent. What was he saying? What did he sound like when he was having a conversation rather than shouting his beliefs to his followers?

Historian David Eisenbach takes a closer look at history's most notorious anti-Semite, a man so hell-bent on world domination that his Nazi war machine inflicted death and destruction on millions of innocent victims.

From the Nazi blitzkrieg in 1939 to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the Axis tide rolled unchecked -- until a series of battles that spelled doom for Hitler and his allies.