Brian Blessed, Gregory Jbara, Martin Savage, Jeff Witzke and Robert Boomfield guest star in the episode.
In 2009, the episode, along with "I Dream of Jesus" and "Family Gay", received an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Comedy Series".
While the neighbors are watching the Oscars at the Griffins' house, Mort needs to use the bathroom so desperately after taking laxatives that he runs into what he thinks is a portable toilet in Stewie's room.
It does not take long for them to realize that the date is September 1, 1939, the day of the Nazi invasion of Poland when World War II started.
To get to Germany, Stewie, Mort, and Brian join the Royal Air Force and fly a Lancaster bomber in a dogfight against a squadron of Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters, eventually reaching Berlin.
Brian and Stewie distract him long enough for Mort to insert the uranium into the return pad, and the trio escapes back to their time.
The episode was directed by series regular Greg Colton, who had worked on "Brian Goes Back to College", "No Meals on Wheels" and also "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter".
[4] The director, Dan Povenmire, who directed every previous Road to episodes, left Family Guy soon after, following the conclusion of the fifth season, to create his own series, entitled Phineas and Ferb, which has since been nominated for seven Emmy Awards.
[5][6] "Road to Germany", along with the first eight episodes of the seventh season were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on June 16, 2009, one month after it had completed broadcast on television.
The scene where the Hawk Men defeat the Luftwaffe is a parody of the film Flash Gordon, with its original soundtrack by Queen and Brian Blessed reprising his role as Prince Vultan.
Stewie, Brian and Mort's escape from their crashing plane is a recreation of the raft scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, including the track from the film's score by John Williams.
"[10] In his review of Family Guy, volume 8, Francis Rizzo III of DVD Talk called the episode "hugely memorable", and stated that it "features some of the finest animation the series has ever produced".
[14] According to Seth MacFarlane, "Road to Germany" was one of three episodes (along with "I Dream of Jesus" and "Family Gay") submitted for consideration for "Outstanding Comedy Series" in the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009.