World War Two

Season 8, Episode 15

Episode Title: Is Anschluss Back on the Menu? - Rise of Hitler 15, March 1931

Air Date: 2025-04-24

Overview:

March 1931 sees President Hindenburg unleash a controversial emergency decree, suspending key civil liberties to crush political violence in Germany. Meanwhile, Hitler promises legality but openly prepares the SA for the “Third Reich,” and the Nazi coalition in Thuringia collapses dramatically. Germany’s proposed customs union with Austria sparks international alarm—could this trigger another European conflict?