The rise of the sycophants (Episode 8)

Its early 1942. The Nazi’s invasion of Soviet Russia has reached a critical stage. Hitler needs to build more tanks and aircraft fast but he takes an extraordinary gamble. He promotes his friend and favourite architect Albert Speer to save the war effort. It’s a decision that soon stirs up a rat’s nest of jealousy and intrigue. Speer’s rise will put him into the firing line of the most notorious figures within the Fuhrer’s inner circle. It’s a confrontation that will threaten his very life.

As the Third Reich prepares for war ruthless infighting divides the leadership of the Nazi party. Rudolf Hess, Herman Goering and Joseph Goebbels are all vying to be the Fuhrer’s favourite. But…

In 1939 as the Nazis invade Poland, SS boss Heinrich Himmler, in his bid establish himself as Hitler’s successor, orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to set in motion a terrifying programme of ethnic…

Its early 1942. The Nazi’s invasion of Soviet Russia has reached a critical stage. Hitler needs to build more tanks and aircraft fast but he takes an extraordinary gamble. He promotes his friend and…

Hitler the “all-conquering genius” is falling apart, and his entourage isn’t doing what they're told. Behind the propaganda the inner circle is a rats nest of envy, greed and vicious power plays…