Over sixty years after the end of World War II, recently declassified documents and contemporary experiments offer insight into a multitude of attempts at assassinating one of the most feared and despised dictators of the 20th Century. As the Nazi war machine spread terror and death across Europe, there were at least forty-two documented plots to kill Adolf Hitler and bring his regime crumbling to the ground. But who were the men that offered to lay their own lives on the line for the sake of killing one of history's most despised tyrants, and just how did they plan on accomplishing such a formidable feat? In this documentary, the filmmakers at National Geographic offer detailed insight into the forty-two assassination plots that may have altered the course of history had they actually succeeded. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide 从最近的一堆已解密的绝密档案中，发现有多达42次试图刺杀德国独裁者-希特勒的行为，最著名的莫过于1944年7月20日的施陶芬伯格事件，当然最终还是成功的几乎没有。了跟随这个节目，让我们来了解了解当年的历史始末吧。