How Hitler's Overconfidence Doomed His "Thousand-Year Reich"

As the Allies close in on Berlin, a ruined Germany is heading closer to defeat day by day. However, a fanatical Hitler, a shadow of his former self is determined to hang on until the very end. In these final days of his "thousand year Reich" even his closest allies were weighing up their options. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

As Hitler launched his campaign to dominate Europe from, he unleashed the brutal tactics that would define the early years of World War II. Explore his rapid invasions across Poland, the strategic might of Blitzkrieg, and his planned but unrealized invasion of Britain, Operation Sea Lion. See how Hitler's drive for supremacy met resistance in the Soviet Union with the onset of Operation Barbarossa. War Stories is your one-stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

After Adolf Hitler seized power in 1933, his Nazi party ruled the whole of Germany. For the next 6 years, the German people lived under this ruthless dictatorship having no idea that they were spiralling towards the biggest conflict in human history. War Stories is your one stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

In 1945, with an Allied victory looming, Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, and some of Hitler's most loyal advisors receded into the Führerbunker to lead the doomed Nazi war effort from underground. This documentary uncovers the paranoia, delusion, and desperation that inhabited the Führerbunker during Hitler's final days. War Stories is your one-stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can find more from us on

1939 would see the outbreak of WWII, Hitler sets off his blitzkrieg across Europe and after the popularity from taking Poland and France the tide begins to turn. With a defiant Russia on the East and the American & British on the West the Nazis look to the Jewish population to vent their anger. With the war all but lost and with the German population left in an acute state of shock Hitler and the Nazi Party would carry out one more act of terror and then die but their legacy would live on...

Discover the definitive history of the Eastern Front in WW2. This premium documentary explores how the German war machine clashed with Soviet defense in depth, enduring brutal winters, total civilian mobilization, and ruthless scorched-earth tactics. Trace the unfolding drama from the gates of Moscow to the agonizing Siege of Leningrad and the catastrophic encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. Witness how a nation united to shatter the myth of Nazi invincibility in the costliest conflict in human history. War Stories is your one-stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. You can find more from us on