Dead Men's Secrets

The 1942 assassination of SS officer Reinhard Heydrich is recalled.

An examination of the search for Nazi war criminals includes a look at the post-World War II Odessa network of Hitler's former SS members.

World War II secret weapons developed by Germans are examined.

Examining the pre-D-Day plan to deceive Germany into believing the Allied attack would be at the Pas de Calais. Included: the use of inflatable tanks.

Examining Hitler's plans to create an atomic bomb during World War II.

Examining the operations of Hitler's special forces in World War II under the command of Otto Skorzeny. Included: archival footage taken by a German cameraman.

Plots to kill Hitler during World War II are analyzed.

Recalling the 1934 execution of Nazi leader Ernst Roehm, on Hitler's orders.

Examining Germany's Kammhuber Line, a World War II system of air defenses employing search lights, radar and fighter planes.

Examining the 1943 sinking of the HMS Dasher and its connection to an Allied plot to trick Germany regarding an invasion of Greece.

Recalling the flight of Nazi leaders from the Berlin bunkers during the fall of the city, and their actions following the end of the war.

The history of U.S. Intelligence gathering, beginning with World War I. Included: aerial-reconnaissance technology; and the creation of the CIA.

Recalling a mission undertaken by Nazi deputy Rudolph Hess to make peace with the British. He was ultimately convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and spent the remainder of his life in Spandau Prison.