Dictators: Inside the Minds of History's Most Brutal Leaders | Extra Long Documentary

From peasants' son to revolutionary leader — Mao Zedong laid the foundation for modern China. This three-part documentary offers an in-depth look at one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. *Part 2 & 3 coming soon!* Part 2: Available from 10 October 2026 Part 3: Available from 17 October 2026 The legacy of the "founding father" of the People's Republic of China remains deeply controversial. Revered in Europe as a revolutionary icon in the late 1960s, Mao led China to the brink of disaster and ultimately clung to power with a regime of terror. Yet today's leaders in Beijing continue to draw on the cult of Mao. China is now a global power, a transformation that would be difficult to imagine without Mao Zedong. When Mao Zedong was born in 1893, nothing hinted at his meteoric rise to power. The son of a farming family, he grew up during a period of political instability and profound social upheaval. The 1911 Revolution, which marked the beginning of the end of imperial rule, awakened his mind to politics. At

Adolf Hitler is the very personification of evil. He decides to eradicate anyone he feels is not part of his Master Race. He murders six million Jews. Hundreds of thousands of Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals, and men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities. He invades a whole host of peaceful countries, begins a campaign of racial annihilation, and ruthlessly orders his troops to kill anyone in their way. Yet somehow Hitler manages to convince a nation of sophisticated, civilised people to be complicit in his horrific crimes. But what made him this way? What terrible forces turns a man born like any other into the most terrifying dictator the world has ever seen? This film charts Hitler’s extraordinary ascent from high school dropout and budding art student to the supreme and tyrannical leader of all of Germany. -- Welcome to the official Get.factual the original video platform channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the

In 1933, Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and rapidly dismantles the country’s democratic institutions. Political opponents are persecuted, civil liberties restricted, and Nazi propaganda helps strengthen the regime’s control. By 1934, Hitler has eliminated key rivals and secured the support of the army. After President von Hindenburg’s death, he combines the roles of president and chancellor, becoming “Fuehrer and Chancellor” with unrestricted powers. Documentary: Chronicle of the Third Reich - Part 1 Directed by: Michael Kloft Production: SPIEGEL TV (2010)

His speeches leave Italy bewitched. But behind all Benito Mussolini’s bluster and posturing lies a dark heart of violence and brutality. This is the story of Il Duce, the Boss and how his love of Italy inspires an epic rise to power…but whose devotion to inflicting fear ultimately brings his country to its knees. He beats and rapes women, orders his fascist black shirts to beat and kill his political opponents, yet his loved at home and admired abroad. Churchill calls him a genius whilst President Roosevelt says he is ‘deeply impressed by him’. He famously reduces unemployment and makes the trains run on time. But he then ruthlessly drops mustard gas on Libya and Ethiopia, becomes enthralled by Adolf Hitler and his ideas and drags his country into a war they are hopelessly unprepared for - and becomes complicit in the Holocaust. -- Welcome to the official Get.factual the original video platform channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to

This is the story Saddam Hussein, a man thought to be more sadistic than Hitler, and how he rules Iraq with an utter contempt for humanity for 23 years. This historical documentary looks at how the extreme pleasure he derives from limitless cruelty plays a significant part in his transformation from a violent young street thug to one of the most notorious dictators in the Middle East. How with patience throughout the 1970s he skilfully manoeuvres himself into power and the horrifically violent acts he commits in order to keep his iron grip on the nation – including genocide. And how his megalomania reaches such epic heights he believes he can get away with anything, bringing him into direct conflict with almost the entire world. -- Welcome to the official Get.factual the original video platform channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the cosmos. New uploads of full-length documentaries and docu-series every week! The following assets

Throughout the course of history, there have been many viciously cruel dictators, but few as deranged as Muammar Gaddafi, the man President Reagan dubs The Mad Dog of the Middle East. For over 40 years the Libyan despot terrifies, tortures and tricks the world with one horrific act after another. This is the story of Colonel Gaddafi, the Middle East’s longest serving dictator from his roots as an idealistic young revolutionary in 1969, to becoming one of the world’s most deadly terrorists. Mixing dramatic reconstruction with archive and testimony, this film shows how his quest to be taken seriously as an international statesman drives him to commit increasingly insane atrocities at home and abroad. It explains how he ends up an international pariah and reveals how his delusions of grandeur will lead to his downfall in 2011. -- Welcome to the official Get.factual the original video platform channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the cosmos.