Episodes
Tyrant: The Rise of Adolf Hitler Episode 3 (Channel 5 Wednesday 29 March 2023)
Today Wednesday 29 March 2023, there is a new episode of Tyrant: The Rise of Adolf Hitler.
Episode 3 Hitler, fresh from his invasion of Czechoslovakia, set his sights on Poland. This vast nation, he reasoned, could be easily expanded into by the Germans, bringing them right up to the borders of the Soviet Union. Hitler secretly gave orders for the attack to his military leaders.
Publicly, however, Hitler continued to play the role of the man of peace, attending the opera in Vienna and launching an Exhibition of German Art in Munich as part of his public tour of Germany to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Nazi Germany’s unlikely ally was the Soviet Union, whose adversary Hitler had long been plotting behind the scenes. Hitler falsely believed that the western powers of Britain and France wouldn’t dare to halt his invasion of Poland if he had the might of Russia on his side. The British and French made it plain to Hitler that they would support Poland regardless of his alliance with the Soviets after word of the German-Soviet pact spread around the globe.
Nevertheless, on September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded and deployed his forces. Adolf Hitler started World War II with this aggressive move…
Airdate: Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 21:00 on Channel 5
Season 1 Episode 3
A radical re-telling of the events that lead to the Second World War, focusing on the period between March 1938 and September 1939.
Throughout the series, a team of leading young historians explain what Adolf Hitler was doing day by day, week by week during this period, looking at each moment through his eyes, and revealing how this tyrant brought the world to the edge of destruction.
Featured image credit: Channel 5
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