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Britain and America needed to build a united front

World War II: Race to Victory

Britain and America needed to build a united front against the Axis powers by creating a...

World War II: Race to Victory • S01E02 • 2020

Britain and America needed to build a united front against the Axis powers by creating a blueprint to defeat fascism as well as a post-war vision. U.S. troops join the British for the first time to battle the Axis forces in North Africa. Churchill makes
the famous quote about this not been
"the beginning of the end, this is the end
of the beginning." [narrator] While the Soviets continue to fight on the motherland. The people of Leningrad
were soon forced to start eating cats, mice,
dogs, leather, whatever they could find
to sustain themselves

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Britain and America needed to build a united front

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against the Axis powers by creating a blueprint

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to defeat fascism as well as a post-war vision.

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U.S. troops join the British for the first time to battle

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the Axis forces in North Africa.

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Churchill makes the famous quote about

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this not been "the beginning of the end,

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this is the end of the beginning."

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[narrator] While the Soviets

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continue to fight on the motherland.

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The people of Leningrad were soon forced

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to start eating cats, mice, dogs, leather,

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whatever they could find to sustain themselves.

Duration

34 seconds

Views

36

Timestamp in Movie

00:42:43

Uploaded

Jun 04, 2025

Season

1

Episode

2

Genres

Production

Ulrike Oettinger Filmproduktion,Pia Frankenberg Filmproduktion, Hamburg,ZDF

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Movie Summary

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...