''Hitler's Bodyguard'' (2008–09) is a 13-episode British television documentary series chronicling

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

's loyal bodyguard personnel who guarded him throughout his career. The series contains reenactments and first-person accounts of the multiple assassination attempts Hitler faced. The series was created by the producers of ''Churchill's Bodyguard''. The series notes that Hitler required a large number of bodyguards compared to

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who only had few. The show was added to

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on 28 February 2017. It is also on

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* '' Apocalypse: The Second World War'' (2009) – an RTBF documentary on the Second World War * '' All Our Yesterdays'' – a Granada TV series that may be considered a precursor to "The World at War". * '' The Great War'' (1964) – BBC TV production * '' The Secret War'' (1977) – a BBC TV series on the technological advances of the Second World War * '' The Unknown War'' (1978) – an American documentary television series, produced with Soviet cooperation after the release of ''The World at War''. * '' Churchill's Bodyguard'' (2005) – a 13-part documentary with the same directors and narrator

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitler's Bodyguard 2008 British television series debuts 2009 British television series endings 2000s British documentary television series British military television series Documentary television series about World War II English-language television shows

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