Das Reich: Hitler's Death Squads
Das Reich: Hitler's Death Squads

Das Reich: Hitler's Death Squads (2015)

6.0 (4 votes)
1 Season
March 2, 2015
French
Documentary War & Politics

Synopsis

D-Day, June 6th, 1944. As the Allies storm the beaches of Normandy, Hitler orders the return of the Das Reich, the infamous Panzer elite division known for its mass murders in Ukraine and Belarus, based at that time in southwest of France. Its mission: to push the Allies back into the Atlantic and turn the tide of the conflict in favor of the Nazi Germany.

Creator

Stéphanie Schorter

Network

ARTE

Episodes

Episode 1
E1

Episode 1

Mar 2, 2015
45 min
8.0

In the last year of World War II, the infamous Das Reich elite Panzer division was known for its mass killings on the Eastern Front...

Episode 2
E2

Episode 2

Mar 2, 2015
45 min
6.0

A powerful army of 15,000 men and over 200 tanks… It took six days for Das Reich to reach Normandy from the south of France, massacring thousands of civilians along the way…

Cast

Details

Original Title

Das Reich : une division SS en France

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Production

Nilaya Productions, ARTE, France Télévisions