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Becoming an absolute ruler
is an impressive feat. But creating a global movement?
That's the stuff of legends. Which is why our most ambitious tyrants
love to spread their wings. In 1940,
Adolf Hitler installed a puppet regime known as the Vichy government
in occupied France, which went on to strip citizenship
from the nation's Jews and send more than 70,000
to die in concentration camps. After World War II,
Joseph Stalin aggressively supported the spread of Communist governments
across Eastern Europe and the Baltics, creating a buffer zone
of countries friendly to him. And China's Mao Zedong provided weapons,
cash, and supplies to North Vietnam as part of his plan
to dominate Southeast Asia. But for some tyrants,
hooking up can be tough. He tried very hard to be the center of attention
within the Arab world
is an impressive feat. But creating a global movement?
That's the stuff of legends. Which is why our most ambitious tyrants
love to spread their wings. In 1940,
Adolf Hitler installed a puppet regime known as the Vichy government
in occupied France, which went on to strip citizenship
from the nation's Jews and send more than 70,000
to die in concentration camps. After World War II,
Joseph Stalin aggressively supported the spread of Communist governments
across Eastern Europe and the Baltics, creating a buffer zone
of countries friendly to him. And China's Mao Zedong provided weapons,
cash, and supplies to North Vietnam as part of his plan
to dominate Southeast Asia. But for some tyrants,
hooking up can be tough. He tried very hard to be the center of attention
within the Arab world
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Becoming an absolute ruler
is an impressive feat.
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But creating a global movement?
That's the stuff of legends.
00:00:07.757 --> 00:00:12.262
Which is why our most ambitious tyrants
love to spread their wings.
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In 1940,
Adolf Hitler installed a puppet regime
00:00:18.101 --> 00:00:20.562
known as the Vichy government
in occupied France,
00:00:20.645 --> 00:00:23.565
which went on to strip citizenship
from the nation's Jews
00:00:23.648 --> 00:00:27.443
and send more than 70,000
to die in concentration camps.
00:00:28.611 --> 00:00:32.282
After World War II,
Joseph Stalin aggressively supported
00:00:32.365 --> 00:00:36.286
the spread of Communist governments
across Eastern Europe and the Baltics,
00:00:36.369 --> 00:00:39.497
creating a buffer zone
of countries friendly to him.
00:00:39.998 --> 00:00:45.001
And China's Mao Zedong provided weapons,
cash, and supplies to North Vietnam
00:00:45.999 --> 00:00:48.506
as part of his plan
to dominate Southeast Asia.
00:00:49.841 --> 00:00:53.678
But for some tyrants,
hooking up can be tough.
00:00:54.721 --> 00:00:55.889
He tried very hard
00:00:55.972 --> 00:00:58.683
to be the center of attention
within the Arab world.
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Movie Summary
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
