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Real Dictators Episodes

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    Mao Zedong Part 2: The 鈥楪reat Leap Forward鈥�

    As Mao clinches power, his Great Leap Forwards drives millions across China to the edge.

  2. Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant鈥檚 Son, Communist Rebel

    In 1893, Mao is born. As a child on his family farm, he will consume books & ideas.

  3. Kim Jong-il Part 3: Nuclear Armed

    Installed as leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il builds a far-reaching and tragic state.

  4. Kim Jong-il Part 2: Time to Make a Movie

    After World War II, young Kim Jong-il and North Korea grow up side by side...

  5. Kim Jong-il Part 1: Birth of North Korea

    We trace Kim Jong-il's rise to power and the founding of the state of North Korea.

  6. Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate

    Caesar's rule is popular. With the Ides of March approaching, conspirators hatch a plot.

  7. Julius Caesar Part 2: Rendezvous with Cleopatra

    Caesar's epic invasion of Gaul eventually drives him into the arms of Queen Cleopatra.

  8. Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator

    Politician, writer, warrior, & lover. Julius Caesar became the absolute ruler of Rome.

  9. Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks

    Hitler invades Russia, and Stalin's legacy is bound up with a bloody fight to the death.

  10. Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator

    Stalin thrives in the chaos post WW1 but his rise to leadership does not go unchallenged.

  11. Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber

    How did a man from the Georgian frontier of the Russian Empire plot a route to power?

  12. Introducing... The Curious History of Your 成人快手

    The Curious History of Your 成人快手 is available now on 成人快手 Sounds.

  13. Introducing... Hitler's Olympics

    Search for Revisionist History on 成人快手 Sounds to discover the story of Hitler's Olympics.

  14. Introducing D-Day: The Tide Turns

    D-Day: The Tide Turns follows the real people involved in the Normandy Landings.

  15. Herod the Great Part 2: Murders in the Family

    Herod takes Jerusalem, murders family members, and what of his acts in the Nativity?

  16. Herod the Great Part 1: Ruler of Galilee

    King Herod - the original pantomime villain. Who really was this iconic figure?

  17. Genghis Khan Part 2: Rise of the Mongols

    How does Genghis Khan conquer an empire bigger than any before in recorded history?

  18. Genghis Khan Part 1: Underdog to Emperor

    A terror to his foes, Genghis Khan will lead the Mongol peoples far beyond their borders.

  19. General Videla Part 4: Dictator in the Courtroom

    A legal case is brought against Videla. Justice for his victims is finally within reach.

  20. General Videla Part 3: God, Football, the Falklands

    Foreign journalists begin to uncover Videla's cruelty at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

  21. General Videla Part 2: Mr Clean's Dirty War

    Videla鈥檚 dirty war begins, but he employs elaborate means to gloss over the atrocities.

  22. General Videla Part 1: The Skinny One and the Witch

    In 1925, Jorge Rafael Videla is born in Argentina: a country at a crossroads.

  23. Francisco Mac铆as Nguema Part Two: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money.

    Mac铆as purges the professional class; his reign worsens when he declares himself God.

  24. Francisco Mac铆as Nguema Part 1: The Forgotten Dictator

    Mac铆as' rule in Equatorial Guinea is a blood-curdling story of opportunism & paranoia.

  25. Enver Hoxha Part 2: Stalin鈥檚 Shadow, Europe鈥檚 North Korea

    Isolated Albania sinks into an economic mire while Hoxha's health fades. What will give?

  26. Enver Hoxha Part 1: The Albanian School Teacher

    Enver Hoxha ran Albania as an extraordinarily repressive Stalinist dictatorship

  27. Dictators鈥� Books

    Almost every dictator, at one time or another, has put pen to paper.

  28. Attila the Hun Part 2: The Scourge of God

    Attila rampages through Gaul... Will the prophecy of the sword of Mars be realised?

  29. Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars

    Attila will become a terrifying icon. Who was he, according to those who observed him?

  30. Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution

    It's 1942. WW2 is well underway but the F眉hrer is not as untouchable as he used to be.

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