Synopsis
This final episode in the series reveals how Hitler tried to retain the power of his charismatic leadership once the Germans started to lose the war.
- Programme: The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- History
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