Hitler's bodyguard — Season 1, Episode 9: Flights into Danger

Episode synopsis

Hitler appreciated the power of aircraft, not only as a military weapon, but as a political tool. During the early 1930s, he hired aircraft for election campaigning, often facing weather and mechanical problems, as well as specific assassination attempts.

About Hitler's bodyguard

Adolf Hitler caused the deaths of fifty million people. An entire nation followed him to ruin. Over a tumultuous 12 years Adolf Hitler went from being a minor rabble-rousing politician, to supreme leader of Nazi Germany. He was hated by those he persecuted, and even by some of his own commanders - yet in twenty-five years no one managed to kill him. This program shows how Hitler's bodyguards helped him cheat death on many occasions. They expanded from a handful of thugs recruited to protect political meetings and fight opponents on the streets, to many thousands - including some of the most fearsome secret police and paramilitary forces the world has ever known.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1How Hitler's Bodyguard Worked
• E2Early Attempts on Hitler's Life
• E3Kill the new Chancellor
• E4Night of the Long Knives
• E5Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
• E6Kill Hitler Before War Starts
• E7Bombs and Paranoia
• E8Dangerous Car Journeys
• E10Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys
• E11Attempts to Kill Hitler at Wolf's Lair
• E12Nearly Assassinated at the Berghof
• E13Poison Gas Plot in the Bunker