About this season
The decline of Hitler’s empire from the inside out by exploring the decline of the Nazis through the perspective of Hitler's bumbling generals and a paranoid Fuhrer.
Episodes (6)
1. Strange Bedfellows
Aired 24 May 2021 • 46 min
As World War II loomed, Germany needed Allies - or at least short term sham friendships. Germany's choice of strange bedfellows would come back to haunt them and they would pay a high price.
2. Wonder(Less) Weapons
Aired 31 May 2021 • 46 min
As Germany became overstretched during WWII, Hitler and Goebels promoted Wonder Weapons as the path to ultimate victory. All they needed were designs that were simple and cost effective.
3. The Enemy Within
Aired 7 June 2021 • 46 min
A God complex rarely ends well and for the Nazi's this delusion would ensure their defeat. Hitler's messianic belief that the German people were the master race, ruled the Nazi party's thinking.
4. Drugs, Delusion And Demise
Aired 14 June 2021 • 46 min
This episode examines what part Hitler's almost daily injection of opioids and methamphetamine played in his murderous regime. Did his heavy drug use fuel an already delusional personality?
5. The Bitchy Inner Circle
Aired 21 June 2021 • 46 min
This episode explores Hitler's inner circle and the backstabbing and betrayals that came to characterise the regime. Nepotism, corruption and fear were rife.
6. Military Blunders
Aired 28 June 2021 • 46 min
Early victories in WWII gave Hitler a delusional over-confidence but when the mistakes started they came thick and fast and in the end hubris and self-interest led to ultimate defeat.