The BEST episodes of Hitler's Last Stand

Every episode of Hitler's Last Stand ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hitler's Last Stand!

Nazi diehards and fanatics fight to the last man to stop Allied forces from freeing Europe, keeping an unrelenting grip on the naval bases, citadels and fortresses of occupied Europe.

Last Updated: 5/3/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing
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Guard the Rhine
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8.00
2 votes

#1 - Guard the Rhine

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2023

In February 1945, Allied forces lead an attack out of the Netherlands and onto German soil west of the Rhine defended by elite paratrooper units; a Canadian battalion administrator must assume command of a company and lead them into battle.

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Defend The Rhine
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7.92
12 votes

#2 - Defend The Rhine

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2019

March 1945. As Allied armies line up along the River Rhine prepared to invade Nazi Germany, the generals jostle for the honor to be the first to cross. Hitler has ordered that no bridge is to fall into Allied hands. So when a surprise opportunity develops, there is a dramatic race to capture a crossing intact, which could change the course of the war.

Forest of Death
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7.56
18 votes

#3 - Forest of Death

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/26/2018

Six months after D-Day, the war in Europe reaches a stalemate. As Allied forces close in on the German border, supply lines fail to keep up and fighting conditions deteriorate as winter sets in. US Rangers must capture Hill 400, a critical peak which permits observation of enemy activity for miles around, including a secret Nazi build up preparing for the infamous Battle of the Bulge.

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Deadly Defiance
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7.44
16 votes

#4 - Deadly Defiance

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2019

January 1945. As part of the Allied campaign to liberate France, the Americans 7th Infantry Regiment prepares to capture the village of Houssen in the Colmar Pocket. To drive Nazi forces back across the Rhine, a decorated battle hero volunteers for a dangerous role as forward artillery observer to counter an attack by elite Mountain Division troops, despite efforts to keep him safe.

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Nazi Tank Hunters
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7.40
5 votes

#5 - Nazi Tank Hunters

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2022

After a nighttime crossing of the Savio River, a platoon of Canadian tank hunters fights off Nazi Panther tanks with only the weapons they can carry.

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Nazi Kill Zone
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7.38
13 votes

#6 - Nazi Kill Zone

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2019

September 1944. After liberating much of France, Luxembourg and Belgium Allied forces launch General Bernard Montgomery's ambitious plan to end the war in 1944. Operation Market Garden is the largest airborne operation ever, but over confidence and miscalculations trap Allied soldiers behind Nazi lines in desperate attempts to capture bridgeheads. When they fail, the fight for survival begins.

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Enemy Allies
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7.38
16 votes

#7 - Enemy Allies

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/3/2018

After Adolf Hitler’s suicide during the final days of World War Two, an American Tank Commander leads a motley mix of German and American soldiers determined to protect French VIP prisoners held in a castle in the Austrian alps from loyal Nazi troops. When their tank is struck and the Waffen SS forces attack, it is not clear they will be able to hold out.

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Lost Battalion
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7.33
21 votes

#8 - Lost Battalion

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2019

When an American regiment drives for the coast to liberate the French port city of St Malo, they encounter stiff Nazi resistance and every road blocked. Even when the 3rd Battalion does break through, within hours, they find the roadblock retaken by Nazi forces and the Battalion surrounded by the enemy. Cut off from food, reinforcement and medical care, the saga of the Lost Battalion begins.

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Killer Causeway
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7.33
6 votes

#9 - Killer Causeway

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2022

In June 1944, paratroopers from the 101st Airborne race to secure the French city of Carentan and open a link between the American forces on Omaha and Utah beaches. But Nazi paratroopers arrive first and pin them down outside of the city. Running out of options, their commander orders a daring bayonet charge to break through the Nazi defenses.

Panzer Fury
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7.28
36 votes

#10 - Panzer Fury

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2018

Allied forces had planned to take the French city of Caen on D-Day, but more than a month later, German troops still cling stubbornly to the critical hub, bottling up 860,000 Allied soldiers on the Normandy beachhead. On July 8th, a Canadian regiment must capture the Abbaye d’Ardenne, which guards the city but is held by a notorious Panzer unit accused of horrific war crimes.

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Nazis Strike Back
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7.25
16 votes

#11 - Nazis Strike Back

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/2019

December 1944. Determined to recapture the port of Antwerp, Hitler mobilizes a massive surprise offensive into the Ardennes Forest against undermanned American lines. The plan relies on speed and paved roads to advance tanks to Bastogne, then Antwerp before the Allies can mobilize a response. US forces fight to extinction to slow the Nazi advance allowing for the legendary defense of Bastogne.

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Nazi Fortress
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7.24
25 votes

#12 - Nazi Fortress

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/12/2018

Desperately needing men and supplies to feed the Allied advance after D-Day, the Allies target the deep water port of Brest, France occupied by the Nazis since 1940. During the month-long siege, the US 116TH Infantry Regiment storms a fort protected by minefields and defended by elite paratroopers. When flame-throwing tanks fail, they turn to an explosive solution to bring down the walls.

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Himmler's Folly
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7.20
5 votes

#13 - Himmler's Folly

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2022

In a bid a bid to support the Battle of the Bulge, Himmler launches a surprise offensive into France against nearly arrived, green US troops.

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Suicide Hill
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7.17
6 votes

#14 - Suicide Hill

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2022

A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains, and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost US battalion in the Vosges Mountains.

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Island Of Fire
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7.14
14 votes

#15 - Island Of Fire

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2019

As part of the Allied effort to open the port in Antwerp, the Canadian First Army spends weeks clearing the Scheldt Peninsula in Holland. On November 1st, 1944, the Calgary Highlanders launch a diversionary attack against a heavily defended causeway. With the Germans distracted, Allied Commandos carry out an amphibious assault on Walcheren Island, the final Nazi stronghold guarding the port.

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Falaise Trap
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7.09
11 votes

#16 - Falaise Trap

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/2/2021

In August 1944, the Allies close in on remnants of the German Army in Normandy—about 100,000 soldiers, their weapons and tanks to create the Falaise Pocket. But as they squeeze, a small gap remains in the Allied line that promises escape. A small Canadian tank squadron must hold the line as the pressure builds.

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Frozen Offensive
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7.00
9 votes

#17 - Frozen Offensive

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/2/2021

In December 1944, Hitler launches his infamous Operation Wacht am Rhein and his tanks make a desperate dash for the port of Antwerp in the opening of what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge. In response, the US 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment is sent into the Ardennes to secure a critical bridge against a Nazi battle group and defend it at all costs.

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Savage Spring
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7.00
9 votes

#18 - Savage Spring

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/2/2021

After coming ashore with the French-Canadian Regiment de la Chaudiere on D-Day, a sniper loses the sight in one eye during the battle for Caen but refuses to be sent home and rejoins his regiment. In April 1944, as the Chaudieres Leo Major volunteers to try and make contact with the Dutch resistance in the city of Zwolle, and manages to liberate the city without the loss of civilian life.

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Bunker Blitz
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7.00
5 votes

#19 - Bunker Blitz

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2022

As the war finally arrives on German soil, US soldiers must smash through two layers of the infamous Siegfried Line to capture the city of Aachen.

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Panzer Rush
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7.00
6 votes

#20 - Panzer Rush

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2022

As the Battle of the Bulge rages, a young US scout becomes separated from his regiment and spends the night trapped behind the enemy line.

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Artillery Showdown
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7.00
4 votes

#21 - Artillery Showdown

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2023

In August 1944, when Hitler launches Operation Lüttich to retake the port city of Avranches, German panzer and SS troops quickly overrun the French town of Mortain and encircle a battalion of US soldiers who hold the high ground on Hill 314.

Fortress Fury
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7.00
4 votes

#22 - Fortress Fury

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2023

In the autumn of 1944, Patton's Third Army approaches the heavily fortified region of Metz; after being turned back from Fort Driant, Patton's men target Fort Koenigsmacker a month later.

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Forest Hell
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7.00
3 votes

#23 - Forest Hell

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/1/2023

When his company attempts to capture a small village, an American soldier, born in Mexico but raised in Texas, must crawl through an enemy minefield to capture two German machine gun nests holding up his unit.

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Audie Murphy's Finest Hour
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7.00
4 votes

#24 - Audie Murphy's Finest Hour

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/1/2023

An American 2nd lieutenant sends his company back during an enemy counterattack during the Allied bid to clear the Colmar Pocket; he tries to hold off the German soldiers with his carbine rifle and calling in artillery but runs out of bullets.

No Better Place To Die
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6.91
11 votes

#25 - No Better Place To Die

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2021

In advance of the D-Day Landings, paratroopers from the US 82nd Airborne Division are dropped behind enemy lines to capture strategic positions. One such location is near the town of Ste Mere Eglise where American airborne troops fight Nazi forces for control of a bridgehead for three days, to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the beaches.

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