To Kill A Dictator

In the 1960s, the specter of communism looms, and the U.S. steps up its efforts to suppress left-wing movements around the world and in the Americas. In Cuba, a left-wing lawyer leads a revolution against a feared dictator and takes office. The CIA fears a communist threat that is now frighteningly close to home. With President Dwight D. Eisenhower's authorization to launch an offensive, the CIA trains anti-Castro fighters to undermine and eventually overthrow the dictator. (Text: History)

Long before the declaration of war, the world wants Hitler dead. As the threat of war increases, panic grows among members of the Gestapo and the Wehrmacht. A plan begins to take shape among them. When leading Nazi figures decide to rid the world of the threat with Operation Valkyrie, we return to a fateful meeting in the Wolf's Lair. How did the conspirators get a bomb through three security levels? The attack misses its target, but how does the explosive create the conditions for the destruction of the Nazi regime? (Text: History)

Even though Joseph Stalin was notoriously paranoid, there is little doubt that many people wanted him dead. To this day, it is unclear how many assassination attempts were made on the dictator. Were Nazi commandos present at the conference between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill in Tehran? Years later, a mysterious prisoner of war is recruited and begins a sprint to Moscow. After the war, Stalin's suspicions turn to those who were hired to keep his people healthy. After so many failed assassination attempts, was the last attempt on Stalin's life successful? (Text: History)

Kim Il Sung's reputation as a tough warrior lands him the role of leader in North Korea's Soviet-led puppet government. His rapid rise sets off alarm bells in anti-communist countries around the world. But it is the Korean Civil War that fuels Kim's reign of terror. Both sides plan to eliminate the other. But after the dictator's failed assassination attempt on the South Korean head of state, South Korean intelligence plans a movie-worthy assassination. A plot that will remain a closely guarded secret for almost two decades. (Text: History)

"They called him 'El Jefe' because he ruled the Dominican Republic with an iron fist during the 'bloodiest era' in Latin American history. For 30 years, Rafael Trujillo led massacres, tortured, imprisoned and murdered anyone who dared to express their opinion. In response, the Dominican Liberation Movement organized military operations arriving by land and sea to eliminate the fearsome regime. But it is Trujillo's attempt to kill another head of state that eventually leads to plans for an international coup." (Text: History)

Unter der Herrschaft von Saddam Hussein werden furchtbare Säuberungsaktionen, massenhafte Völkermorde, politische Exekutionen und Invasionen von Nachbarstaaten zur Norm. Frühe mörderische Tendenzen bilden die Grundlage für eine jahrelange rücksichtslose Entschlossenheit, als Hussein grausame chemische Waffen gegen seine Landsleute einsetzt. Als sich die Situation verschlimmert, schmiedet der Mossad mehrere Pläne, um den Diktator zu stürzen, darunter ein explodierendes Buch und ein Raketenangriff während eines Trauerzuges. Warum scheitern die gut durchdachten Pläne dieser Elitekampftruppe? (Text: History)