Encore Wednesdays, March 5 - March 19, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport!
This powerful series reaches the defining conflict of the Second World War, as Hitler faces an equally ruthless dictator: Stalin. At the peak of his powers, Hitler tries to deceive the Russian leader with a plan to invade Britain, while secretly preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.
But Stalin has a spy in Hitler’s HQ. With Germany facing defeat on the Eastern Front, resistance builds as Hitler pushes Germany to untold destruction. This is the story of why dictatorships fail, and of the hubris that nearly destroyed freedom, but ultimately destroyed itself.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Episode 1: “Barbarossa” Wednesday, March 5 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - The battles on the Eastern Front, a campaign that saw some of the most brutal and inhumane warfare in all of history, are viewed by many as the defining conflict of the Second World War.
Episode 2: “Stalingrad” Wednesday, March 12 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - It's 1942, and Hitler has just lost the Battle of Moscow. Now winter in Russia, German troops are in desperate need of fuel and resources.
Episode 3: “The Home Front” Wednesday, March 19 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 - After Stalingrad, Hitler's stress intensifies. For once there is no master plan. Hitler leaves it to the men around him to pull Germany back from the abyss.
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