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In the 1960s, the spectre of Communism looms large, as the United States ramps up its efforts to quell leftist movements across the world and in the Americas. In Cuba, a leftist lawyer leads a revolution against a fearsome dictator and takes office. CIA intelligence fears a Communist threat, now terrifyingly close to home. Authorised to launch an offensive by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the CIA trains anti-Castro militants to undermine and eventually take out the dictator. Before long, a cabal of conspirators takes shape, as the CIA colludes with mafia, American business leaders, and local revolutionaries. Plots involving poison pills, psychedelic drugs, and a disastrous landing at the Bay of Pigs all fail, and spark a crisis of confidence in the CIA. As Castro's grip on Cuba grows stronger, and as Cuba confirms a Soviet connection with the Cuban Missile Crisis, efforts to dispatch Fidel Castro become more desperate. Plot after plot, Fidel Castro becomes the man who survives. But, as an assassin goes rogue and vows his revenge, will this dictator finally succumb to a deadly threat?

Long before the declaration of war, the world wanted the Fuhrer dead. In Germany, fellow politicians lodge their dissent after the horrific Night of the Long Knives. As the threat of war rises, a panic grows among German aristocrats and members of the Gestapo and Wehrmacht. Among them, a plan starts to take shape. Among German workers too, some are ready to take violent action. A bomb detonates in a Beer Hall, but Hitler escapes once again with his life. When a bomb in a Cointreau box gets loaded onto the Fuhrer's plane, Hitler has an unwitting near-miss. But, when Operation Barbarossa commences, Germany can no longer afford to miss their mark. As top Nazi brass decide to rid the world of the Nazi threat through Operation Valkyrie, we return to the Wolf's Den for a fateful meeting. How did conspirators get a bomb through three levels of security? Though the attempt misses its target, how does the explosive set the scene for destruction of the Nazi regime?

Although Joseph Stalin was notoriously paranoid, there's little doubt that many wanted him dead. Today, the number of attempts made on the dictator's life remain unclear. But a scuffle in the street and the assassination of one of Stalin's colleagues puts the dictator on high alert, and he closes the NKVD iron fist of protection. As purges and assassinations leave millions of bodies in their wake, records show that Stalin's greatest adversary, under the sign of the swastika, has the leader right in his crosshairs. Were Nazi commandos on site in Tehran for a fateful conference between Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill? The testimony of a trained assassin leaves historians wondering. Years later, a mysterious prisoner of war gets recruited and makes a daring sprint towards Moscow. After the war, Stalin's suspicions are cast on those hired to keep his people healthy. After so many failed assassination attempts, was the last plot against Stalin's life successful? As he succumbs to illness at 74 years old, is his death less than natural?

Just as Korea gains its freedom after decades under Japanese occupation, Kim Il Sung's rise to power once again tips the scales dragging a country divided back into warfare. Kim's reputation as a fierce warrior, grants him the role of leader in North Korea's Soviet-led puppet government. His rapid rise in rank rings warning bells for anti-communist countries world-wide. But it's Korea's Civil War, North vs South, that fuel's Kim's reign of terror. Both sides scheme to eliminate the other. But after the Dictator's failed attempt on the life of the South Korean leader, the South's Central Intelligence Agency devises an assassination plot of cinematic proportions. One that will remain a closely guarded secret for nearly two decades. Why did South Korean Intelligence select civilians off the streets to be banded together on a remote island and trained as the would-be-assassins of the Dictator in the North? Classified Unit 684 was deemed 'The Decapitation Unit,' but were they ever deployed? What fates befell those trained killers? And who ultimately buried the story in order to protect the power of the South Korean President?

They called him, 'El Hefe' because he ruled the Dominican with an iron fist during what became 'The Bloodiest Era' in Latin America history. Over 30 years, Rafael Trujillo spearheads massacres, tortures, imprisons, and murders anyone who dares to voice dissent. In response, the Dominican Liberation Movement organises military operations, arriving by land and sea to take out the fearsome regime. A band of sisters, slighted by Trujillo, organises a movement in honour of the fallen. At a cattle fair, they plan fire and fury, but El Jefe escapes unscathed. The American government considers its next move, as horrors unfold at La Cuarenta, Trujillo's den of torture. But, it's Trujillo's attempt against another world leader that finally prompts plans for an international coup. Why does the American government under Eisenhower back the rebels, only to withdraw its support under Kennedy? And, as El Hefe's car is ambushed on a dirt road, who are the men who finally step up to sow the bloody seeds of revolution?

Under Saddam Hussein's rule, fearsome purges, mass genocides, political executions, and invasions of neighboring powers become the norm. Early murderous tendencies set the stage for years of ruthless resolve, as Hussein deploys horrific chemical weapons against his fellow countrymen. As the situation worsens, the Israeli Mossad concocts multiple schemes to take the dictator down including an exploding book and a missile attack during a funeral procession. Why do the well-laid plans of this elite fighting force fail? On a dusty road, a team of guerillas surprise Saddam Hussein's convoy. But an assassination unfinished becomes an assassination attempt heavily punished, under this bloodthirsty tyrant. As a whole city is decimated, the dictator strikes fear into all who cross him. But, when Hussein threatens international oil reserves, a new and formidable adversary steps in. Operation Red Dawn seeks to capture a tyrant on the run. It's lady justice who carries out Hussein's death sentence, finally putting an end to Saddam's bloody spree.