World War Two Documentaries
Rise of the Nazis
Hitler is dead, the Nazis are defeated, and war is effectively over. Now the fight for justice begins. The Allies are confronted by the sheer horrific scale of the Nazi regime as concentration camps are emptied. Many high-ranking Nazis are tried and executed. Others slip through the net. As the Cold War begins, only a few dedicated Nazi hunters remain to bring the worst offenders to justice.
Stream Rise of the Nazis Series 1-4 on BBC Select. This acclaimed history documentary series examines how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power in 1930s Germany, how they brutally retained control and destroyed democracy, World War II and Hitler’s plan for world domination, through to Hitler’s final days and the collapse of the Nazi regime.
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
After World War II, leading Nazis were tried at the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal.
This gripping BBC history documentary attempts to delve inside the minds and secret workings of Hitler’s Nazi leadership.
Using largely unpublished trial documents, the series gives an unprecedented view of three key Nazi figures: Hermann Goering, Albert Speer and Rudolf Hess.
What drove them to commit their crimes?
Auschwitz: Nazis & The Final Solution
It was the site of the largest mass-murder in the world – yet few know the full horror of Auschwitz. This landmark BBC Auschwitz documentary series tells the full story of the concentration camp.
With the help of computer graphics, powerful reconstructions and interviews with people who were there including former SS members, Auschwitz: Nazis and The Final Solution explores the horrors of the attempted ‘Final Solution’.
Hitler: A Life In Pictures
Adolf Hitler was careful to cultivate a cult of personality. Images of him were carefully selected by the Nazi propaganda machine. This extraordinary documentary features photos and film from two photographers who dedicated their lives to documenting Hitler: Heinrich Hoffmann and assistant Eva Braun. Unpublished photos and hours of amateur film footage show a rare glimpse of the unseen Hitler.
Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
Weeks after winning World War II in 1945, Winston Churchill found himself in a new battle: to be re-elected British Prime Minister.
He was confident of being rewarded for his leadership against Hitler and the Nazis. But as this BBC history documentary reveals, Churchill was humiliated and lost the general election.
Why did his countrymen turn so vehemently on their Great British Bulldog?