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Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.
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Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that plunged most of Europe into darkness.
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Learn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.
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Watch Manuel Noriega’s rise from his early military days to his dictatorship’s sudden end.
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Explore how dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, seized, held and fell from power.
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Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century.
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Kim Il Sung created a North Korean dictatorship that has lasted for three generations.
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Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that plunges all of Europe into darkness.
