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5. Il Tiranno
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04/20/19 • 14 min
The scandalous misadventures of a primary school teacher, and Mussolini's early forays into political speech-making.
4. Citizen Mussolini
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04/13/19 • 13 min
Join us as we fight the bourgeois oppressors of nineteenth-century Romagna, and discover the heavily-politicised roots of the man who would come to invent Fascism.
3. Hitler - 'Who's Yer Grand-Daddy?'
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04/06/19 • 14 min
Alois Hitler: Drunkard? Abuser? Secret Jew? We explore the life of Adolf Hitler's father, in an attempt to separate fact from mythology, imposed both by his son and others.
17. Was Hitler a Socialist?
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11/09/19 • 15 min
Being elected to a representative body that was part of the Bavarian Socialist Republic is hardly the act of a lifelong anti-Marxist, but how strong are the claims of Hitler's being a socialist?
Meanwhile, the far-right gains strength and arms thanks to 'Der Maschinengewehrkönig', and a General Staff Captain named Karl Mayr is in need of recruits to re-educate the soldiers in nationalist rhetoric...
António Salazar, Part 2
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12/21/19 • 16 min
Having been installed as Portugal's Prime Minister, how did Salazar rule? What were his principles, and how did he outline his political philosophies? We also discover the reasoning behind his keeping Portugal neutral during the Second World War, and how he was rewarded for so doing.
However, while some describe Salazar as the 'good' dictator, we are reminded of the darker underside of his regime...
10. The Eve of the War
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05/31/19 • 14 min
As the farcical actions of a ragtag group of young nationalists plunges Europe into war, we look at the reactions in Germany, Italy and Spain. While Hitler was swept along by a wave of patriotic fervour, Mussolini was working to keep his country out of the war - at first - while Franco remained a detached observer.
6. You're in the Army Now
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04/27/19 • 13 min
Entering the military provides Francisco Franco with an ideological quest: restore the honour of Spain or gloriously die in the attempt. But his career in soldiering does not get off to an auspicious start.
2. Franco - 'My Other Son'
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03/30/19 • 13 min
To what extent was Francisco Franco's outlook shaped by his childhood? We look at the region he was born in, the tumultuous history of Spain, and the difficult relationship he had with his father, Don Nicolás.
15. Enter the Fascists
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10/26/19 • 13 min
To the victor, the spoils? Having turned their fortunes around and discovered patriotism in the process, Italy expected to be rewarded for being on the winning side of the Great War. Finding themselves ignored as the French and Americans decided Europe's future allowed resentment to fester, and Benito Mussolini to exploit the public mood. As society despaired at a weak government and veterans found the country weak and wanting, a new movement began to emerge...
7. If I Were a Rich Man
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05/04/19 • 12 min
Far from being a precocious young man of destiny as he would later claim, Adolf Hitler led the life of an indolent, directionless and cosseted youth. Here, we take a look at his early life - already based more on negatives than positives - as well as his attitudes to Wagner, women and The Sex.
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