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1『How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked』
1『How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked』
Hitler's personal protection squad grew from a few fiercely loyal, handpicked ruffians into an army with a complicated structure and intense internal competition.
2『Early Attempts on Hitler's Life』
2『Early Attempts on Hitler's Life』
As Adolf Hitler clawed his way closer to power, his extremist policies brought him a host of enemies, some of whom were only too eager to see him dead.
3『Kill the New Chancellor!』
3『Kill the New Chancellor!』
During Hitler's first year in office--as he steered Germany abruptly towards tyranny--he faced no fewer than a dozen attempts on his life.
4『Night of the Long Knives』
4『Night of the Long Knives』
As Adolf Hitler brutally consolidated his dictatorship in Germany and wiped out all opposition, the most serious threat to his rule came from an unexpected source - one of his oldest comrades who led the massive paramilitary army, which had played a vital role in bringing him to power.
5『Jewish and Émigré Attempts to Kill Hitler』
5『Jewish and Émigré Attempts to Kill Hitler』
Prague's Black Front poses a particular threat shortly after Hitler becomes Chancellor as German Jews try to strike back against Nazi officials. But Hitler's security proved equal to the task of keeping him alive.
6『Kill Hitler Before the War Starts』
6『Kill Hitler Before the War Starts』
By 1938, Hitler was on the road to war. His senior generals devise a plan that would have him arrested and likely killed.
7『Bombs and Paranoia』
7『Bombs and Paranoia』
During 1938, Hitler annexed Austria and the German speaking areas of Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich. Faced with whole populations of hostile people, the 'Desert Fox' elite army unit was formed.
8『Dangerous Car Journeys』
8『Dangerous Car Journeys』
Hitler liked to tour cheering crowds in a customized, open-top Grosser Mercedes and later a G4-a predilection that gave his bodyguards nightmares.
9『Flights Into Danger』
9『Flights Into Danger』
Hitler employed a former World War 1 air ace Hans Baur as his personal pilot, and the Fuehrer was so impressed by his skill that he never allowed anyone else to fly him again. Baur became one of his key bodyguards, and his skill was critical when war came.
10『Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys』
10『Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys』
As Hitler began the aggression which swiftly engulfed Europe in a devastating war, he realized that he needed a mobile military headquarters from which he could direct his armies and follow their progress. In which his Bodyguard could protect him from his rapidly-growing host of enemies...The result was the Fuehrersonderzug, the Fuehrer's Special Train.
11『Attempts to Kill Hitler at the Wolf's Lair』
11『Attempts to Kill Hitler at the Wolf's Lair』
The Wolfschanze - his Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg - was the most famous of Hitler's military headquarters. Deep in the forests of East Prussia, it was from here that the Nazi warlord directed the titanic battles against the Soviet Union which would decide the fate of his Third Reich.
12『Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof』
12『Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof』
For Hitler, the Berghof, near the town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps, was a very special place. What had started as a small Alpine cottage soon became the powerhouse where Hitler developed the plans that would injure and kill millions of people across Europe.
13『Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker』
13『Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker』
Hitler's last gasp offensive, the Battle of the Bulge, had been defeated and he fled back to Berlin. Now, as the Soviet juggernaut smashed its way into the heart of the Nazi capital, Hitler was left to make the choice - should he kill himself, or should he face the wrath of the world he had devastated?
