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He'd ordered his troops not to do anything provocative
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World War II: Race to Victory

He'd ordered his troopsnot to do anything provocative, not to give Hitler a reasonto...

He'd ordered his troops
not to do anything provocative, not to give Hitler a reason
to launch the attack, and so that means
that the Germans could just go like
a knife through butter through the European parts
of the Soviet Union

Full Transcript

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He'd ordered his troops not to do anything provocative,
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not to give Hitler a reason to launch the attack,
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and so that means that the Germans
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could just go like a knife through butter
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through the European parts of the Soviet Union.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:23
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
history
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...
S01 • E04 [narrator] Yet Churchill still wanted to delay the invasion. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
[narrator] Yet Churchill still wanted to delay the invasion.
S01 • E02 [narrator] The Germans were carrying out - World War II: Race to Victory 00:20
[narrator] The Germans were carrying out
S01 • E04 Gallipoli, in the end, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
Gallipoli, in the end,
S01 • E04 I think Churchill was nervous - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
I think Churchill was nervous
S01 • E02 Between 17 and 25 million Soviet citizens - World War II: Race to Victory 00:20
Between 17 and 25 million Soviet citizens
S01 • E01 And so, the Red Army, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
And so, the Red Army,
S01 • E04 And therefore - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
And therefore
S01 • E05 What happens is this broadens out into - World War II: Race to Victory 00:19
What happens is this broadens out into
S01 • E01 [Whitewood] 30,000 military personnel - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
[Whitewood] 30,000 military personnel
S01 • E04 [narrator] Churchill again argued - World War II: Race to Victory 00:28
[narrator] Churchill again argued
S01 • E01 The main reason why Stalin did this - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
The main reason why Stalin did this
S01 • E01 He believed there was a spy scare - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
He believed there was a spy scare
S01 • E02 As the Germans advanced towards the Soviet capital, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
As the Germans advanced towards the Soviet capital,
S01 • E05 And Churchill suggests that they divide it - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And Churchill suggests that they divide it
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 • 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 • 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