Adolf Hitler was famously against using chemical weapons on the battlefield but chemistry and biological sciences still played a role in the Nazi's unquenchable quest for power. Nazis turned pesticide research on its head with tabun and sarin, used in one of the greatest genocides in human history. What would have happened had the Nazis rolled out their new nerve angels? And though Nazi entomologists worked to prevent the spread of malaria, the same research is also mobilized for darker purposes. As the Allies close in, top Nazi brass are given a final escape hatch, a cyanide capsule to help them evade capture.