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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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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 Kim Il Sung’s transformation from guerrilla fighter to dictator of North Korea.
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Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.
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See how Idi Amin used military force to seize power and build a dictatorship in Uganda.
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Watch Manuel Noriega rise to power in Panama, and witness his sudden downfall.
