Four chapters trace Adolf Hitler's war from the invasion of Poland to the fall of Berlin, using archival footage, wartime newsreels, and expert narration to track how a run of early conquests turned into total collapse. The first chapter follows the 1939-1941 blitz through Poland and western Europe, with Britain and France's slow response emboldening Hitler's next moves. The second covers the break with Stalin and the invasion of the Soviet Union, framed explicitly as a war of extermination aimed at clearing land for German settlement. The third chapter follows Stalingrad and the point at which Germany's own military command privately concedes the war is lost, even as defeats mount on every front. The final chapter covers the Normandy landings and the failed Ardennes offensive, ending with Hitler's refusal to accept defeat while ordinary Germans keep believing in him. The film's structure moves strictly chronologically, letting the widening gap between Hitler's decisions and battlefield reality carry the narrative.