Stalin’s USSR enforces brutal repression with gulags, collectivization, and Five-Year plans. The human cost under his rule begins to mount amid fierce state control.
Subtitles: English
Directed by:Michael Cove
Season 1
S01:E01 - The Lap of the Gods 1919-1921
After WWI ends, Versailles reshapes Europe. Germany and Austria-Hungary are defeated. Russia’s Bolshevik civil war rages, dismantling old empires and redrawing borders.
S01:E02 - Just Like the Arabian Nights 1922-1925
America rejects the peace deal and isolates itself. Europe struggles with debt and inflation. Extremes on left and right create violence and unrest in Germany’s unstable streets.
S01:E03 - Mussolini Is Always Right 1925-1929
The US thrives in the Jazz Age—Prohibition, radios, talkies, and stock market optimism. Icons like Lindbergh and Babe Ruth define a fleeting era of exuberance before the crash.
S01:E04 - Dancing on a Volcano 1929-1931
The fragile recovery shatters into global depression. Unemployment, hyperinflation, and despair rise. Dictators emerge; Britain and France struggle to maintain fading empires.
S01:E05 - I'm Alright 1932-1933
New leaders emerge: Hitler in Germany, Roosevelt in the US, and militarism in Japan. Hitler gains absolute power constitutionally, merging chancellor and president roles.
S01:E06 - Everyone Trusts Him 1933-1936
Stalin’s USSR enforces brutal repression with gulags, collectivization, and Five-Year plans. The human cost under his rule begins to mount amid fierce state control.
S01:E07 - History Stopped 1936-1938
Europe’s power shifts to Nazi Germany. Spain is torn by a brutal three-year civil war, signaling the coming storm as fascism and conflict spread across the continent.
S01:E08 - Peace for Our Time 1938-1939
Little more than 20 years after the guns fell silent, they roar back into life. Hitler annexes all of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France respond with promises to Poland.
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