Rare archival footage illustrates the chilling account of Hitler's ruthless aspirations and savage victories as his armies blitz their way through Northern Europe and fatefully invade the Soviet Union. We also examine the disappointment and defeat that followed the collapse of his "Russian adventure" and the Allies closing in on the German capital of Berlin.

Rare archival footage illustrates the chilling account of Hitler's ruthless aspirations and savage victories as his armies blitz their way through Northern Europe and fatefully invade the Soviet Union. We also examine the disappointment and defeat that followed the collapse of his "Russian adventure" and the Allies closing in on the German capital of Berlin.

A side of Hitler that only his inner circle saw is revealed using home movies that he shot with his mistress Eva Braun at Berghof, his mountain retreat. Is this urbane man smiling out at us the same person who ordered such inhumane acts of savagery? A macabre record of Eva Braun's years at the center of Hitler's inner circle is uncovered in this fascinating program.