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Hitler's Last Stand

Wednesday 2pm

National geographic

Hitler's Last Stand

Wednesday 2pm

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Synopsis

On June 6th, 1944, the Allies finally land troops in Normandy to open the western front. But after the surprise of the D-Day landings and Allied advances, Nazi loyalists dig in, determined to keep a merciless grip on the towns, strongholds and fortresses of occupied Europe to defend the Third Reich. These are the stories of desperate battles waged on the edge defeat, not just for victory but for survival.

Episodes

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Resistance Revenge
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July 1944: After a brazen provocation, Nazi leadership dispatches 10,000 troops to eastern France to crush a rebellion by French resistance fighters.
Artillery Showdown
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An artillery observer and his radio stand between the survival and capture of a US battalion during a German panzer attack to retake Avranches.
Fortress Fury
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A small group of US soldiers must capture Nazi Fort Koenigsmacker to silence its gun battery, armed with plastic explosives, grenades and gasoline.
Guard The Rhine
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February 1945. After most of his regiment is wiped out, a Canadian battalion administrator must assume command of a company and lead them into battle.
Forest Hell
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American soldiers risk everything to protect comrades from minefields and machine gun nests as they clear German defenses in the Hurtgen Forest.
Audie Murphy's Finest Hour
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When 2nd Lieutenant Audie Murphy runs out of bullets, he climbs on board a burning tank destroyer to fight on and become a Hollywood legend.

Killer Causeway
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In the aftermath of the D-Day landings, Nazi paratroopers dig in to defend at Carentan to prevent the link up on US forces on Utah and Omaha Beaches.
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Bunker Blitz
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As the war finally arrives on German soil, US soldiers must smash through two layers of the infamous Siegfried Line to capture the city of Aachen.
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Suicide Hill
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A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains, and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost US battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
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Panzer Rush
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Panzer Rush: As the Battle of the Bulge rages, a young US scout becomes separated from his regiment and spends the night trapped behind the enemy line. 12+. (S4, ep 4)
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Himmler's Folly
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Himmler's Folly: In a bid to support the Battle of the Bulge, Himmler launches a surprise offensive into France against nearly arrived, green US troops. 12+. (S4, ep 5)
Nazi Tank Hunters
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After a nighttime crossing of the Savio River, a platoon of Canadian tank hunters fights off Nazi Panther tanks with only the weapons they can carry.

No Better Place to Die
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US Paratroopers dropped into France before the D-Day landings battle Nazi defenders for a key bridge behind enemy lines.
Hell in Hoven
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Five months after D-Day, the ground war finally arrives on German soil as British soldiers attack in the shadow of Hitler’s infamous Siegfried Line.
Castle Valor
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A platoon of American Buffalo Soldiers exceeds all expectations to advance on a Nazi occupied castle in the foothills of Northern Italy.
Falaise Trap
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With thousands of German soldiers trapped in the Falaise Pocket, a small Canadian tank squadron tries to close off the escape route.
Frozen Offensive
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A US Parachute Infantry Regiment rushes to protect a critical bridge from a Nazi battle group during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge.
Savage Spring
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Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war.

Seize and Hold
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US paratroopers fight for key bridges behind enemy lines in France before D-Day and during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge.
Lost Battalion
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When an American regiment drives for the coast to liberate the French port city of St Malo, they encounter stiff Nazi resistance and every road blocked.
Medal of Honor
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British soldiers attack in the shadow of Hitler’s infamous Siegfried Line while American Buffalo Soldiers advance on a Nazi-occupied castle in Italy.
Island of Fire
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As part of the Allied effort to open the port in Antwerp, the Canadian First Army spends weeks clearing the Scheldt Peninsula in Holland.
Nazi Kill Zone
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September 1944. After liberating much of France, Luxembourg and Belgium Allied forces launch General Bernard Montgomery's ambitious plan to end the war in 1944.
Nazis Strike Back
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December 1944. Determined to recapture the port of Antwerp, Hitler mobilizes a massive surprise offensive into the Ardennes Forest against undermanned American lines.
Deadly Defiance
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January 1945. As part of the Allied campaign to liberate France, the Americans 7th Infantry Regiment prepares to capture the village of Houssen in the Colmar Pocket.
Defend The Rhine
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March 1945. As Allied armies line up along the River Rhine prepared to invade Nazi Germany, the generals jostle to be the first to cross. Hitler has ordered that no bridge is to fall into Allied hands

Nazi Fortress
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September 1944. Brest, France. The American's 121st Engineers Battalion and 29th Infantry Division clear routes through minefields occupied by Nazi forces since 1940.
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Hitler’s Last Stand: Fight to the Finish
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Three missions in WWII put Allied soldiers to the test. With all eyes upon them, they prove it takes more than strength to succeed. It takes courage.
Forest of Death
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Six months after D-Day, the war in Europe reaches a stalemate. As Allied forces close in on the German border, supply lines fail to keep up and fighting conditions deteriorate as winter sets in.
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Panzer Fury
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Allied forces had planned to take the French city of Caen on D-Day, but more than a month later, German troops still cling stubbornly to the critical hub, bottling up 860,000 Allied soldiers on the Normandy beachhead.
Enemy Allies
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After Adolf Hitler's suicide during the final days of World War Two, an American Tank Commander leads a motley mix of German and American soldiers determined to protect French VIP prisoners held in a castle in the Austrian alps from loyal Nazi troops.