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General Tojo Part 1: The Young Samurai
Season 1 Episode 14
General Hideki Tojo led Japan into World War Two and oversaw some of the most horrific war crimes in recorded history. Tojo did not hold absolute pow…
5 years, 11 months ago
Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean
Season 1 Episode 13
François Duvalier puts the finishing touches to his terrifying cult of personality. The President for Life declares himself an immaterial being - a s…
6 years, 1 month ago
Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti’s Dictator vs JFK
Season 1 Episode 12
Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier crushes an attempted coup without mercy. Spooked by this near miss, Duvalier forms his own private militia calle…
6 years, 1 month ago
Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant
Season 1 Episode 11
Just a few hundred miles south of Florida, across the Caribbean Sea, lies Haiti. From 1957 to 1971, this tropical island nation was ruled by a would-…
6 years, 1 month ago
Mao Zedong Part 3: The Cultural Revolution
Season 1 Episode 10
Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ sets out to purge the minds of an entire population. Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader himself leads a life of debauchery and…
6 years, 2 months ago
Mao Zedong Part 2: The ‘Great Leap Forward’
Season 1 Episode 9
Mao Zedong's Communists come down from the mountains to do battle with the Nationalists. After clinching victory, Mao is greeted by many as a hero. B…
6 years, 2 months ago
Mao Zedong Part 1: Peasant's Son, Communist Rebel
Season 1 Episode 8
In the centre of China’s capital city, Beijing, lies a corpse that no one dares remove. It’s been 44 years since Mao Zedong’s body was laid to rest i…
6 years, 2 months ago
Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks
Season 1 Episode 7
Stalin’s regime hits the rocks when Adolf Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa and invades Russia. Nazi tanks plough towards Moscow in a devastating …
6 years, 3 months ago
Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Season 1 Episode 6
With the First World War underway, Stalin’s journey to dictatorship grinds into gear. After the War, Russia is turned upside down. Stalin thrives in …
6 years, 3 months ago
Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber
Season 1 Episode 5
Joseph Stalin - the “man of steel” - was the party secretary who plotted a route to absolute power, becoming head of the Eastern Bloc and chief nemes…
6 years, 3 months ago