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World War II: Race to Victory

As the Germans advanced towards the Soviet capital, they killed or captured more than...

As the Germans advanced towards the Soviet capital, they killed or captured more than 500,000 Soviet soldiers near the cities of Bryansk and Vyazma, the last substantial strongholds of the Red Army that stood between the Germans and Moscow. But despite the heavy losses, the Soviets were proving resilient. The USSR fielded more than a million soldiers and a thousand tanks to defend Moscow

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As the Germans advanced towards the Soviet capital,
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they killed or captured
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more than 500,000 Soviet soldiers
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near the cities of Bryansk and Vyazma,
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the last substantial strongholds of the Red Army
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that stood between the Germans and Moscow.
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But despite the heavy losses,
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the Soviets were proving resilient.
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The USSR fielded more than a million soldiers
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and a thousand tanks to defend Moscow.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:28
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
history
Production
Ulrike Oettinger Filmproduktion,Pia Frankenberg Filmproduktion, Hamburg,ZDF

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The six-part documentary series reveals how and why the central alliance between Great Britain, the United States and The Soviet Union was formed leading into World War II. The series paints an in-depth picture of the race to ulti...
S01 • E06 So, this did lead to lots of brutal fighting - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
So, this did lead to lots of brutal fighting
S01 • E05 [narrator] The Americans opposed the idea. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:44
[narrator] The Americans opposed the idea.
S01 • E01 [narrator] Stalin hoped this pact with Germany - World War II: Race to Victory 00:51
[narrator] Stalin hoped this pact with Germany
S01 • E03 The Volga, huge river flowing through it. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
The Volga, huge river flowing through it.
S01 • E03 Very important industrially to the Soviet Union. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
Very important industrially to the Soviet Union.
S01 • E06 And the darker side of that conflict - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
And the darker side of that conflict
S01 • E04 The cause, or the non‐invasion of Western Europe - World War II: Race to Victory 00:13
The cause, or the non‐invasion of Western Europe
S01 • E03 So totemic, and in strategic terms, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
So totemic, and in strategic terms,
S01 • E03 It stopped the Russians' ability to cross the river Volga. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
It stopped the Russians' ability to cross the river Vol...
S01 • E06 Something which the Russian government, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Something which the Russian government,
S01 • E04 [narrator] But this was not Churchill's only motive. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
[narrator] But this was not Churchill's only motive.
S01 • E03 [narrator] As important as the military victory - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
[narrator] As important as the military victory
S01 • E02 Women and children joined their menfolk - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Women and children joined their menfolk
S01 • E06 [narrator] The Russians had won the race to Berlin. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:48
[narrator] The Russians had won the race to Berlin.
S01 • E04 You know, they had an empire in Palestine and in Egypt - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
You know, they had an empire in Palestine and in Egypt
S01 • E03 It was the important supply route - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
It was the important supply route
S01 • E02 Another Soviet success - World War II: Race to Victory 00:28
Another Soviet success
S01 • E04 [narrator] Stalin had suspected Churchill - World War II: Race to Victory 00:35
[narrator] Stalin had suspected Churchill
S01 • E03 But Stalingrad was also in Hitler's path - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
But Stalingrad was also in Hitler's path
S01 • E05 Where the Percentages Agreement is controversial - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Where the Percentages Agreement is controversial