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Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator

Real Dictators

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Stalin's Propaganda Was a Master at That

Professor Jonathan Brent remembers trawling through the Soviet archives, piecing together the story of these trials. Stalin's propaganda was extremely effective and we have accounts of how he would work late into the night developing slogans for this day,. The next episode on Real Dictators, Joseph Stalin has murdered his way to the top of the party. Another rising tyrant, Adolf Hitler, presents Stalin with a tantalizing offer. And after leading his country through World War II, Stalin will take east and west to the brink of nuclear annihilation.

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