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World War II: Race to Victory

However,the real reason for this, or the more important reasonas far as Stalin was...

However,
the real reason for this, or the more important reason
as far as Stalin was concerned, was that there was going to be a thaw in the weather
in late January, and the tanks simply
would not be able to traverse the ground if it wasn't frozen

Full Transcript

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However, the real reason for this,
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or the more important reason as far as Stalin was concerned,
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was that there was going to be
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a thaw in the weather in late January,
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and the tanks simply would not be able to traverse
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the ground if it wasn't frozen.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:49
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E01 [narrator] Stalin was at his country estate - World War II: Race to Victory 00:34
[narrator] Stalin was at his country estate
S01 • E06 And I think the concern - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
And I think the concern
S01 • E05 And so, it really comes down to the weather, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
And so, it really comes down to the weather,
S01 • E05 It wasn't necessarily - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
It wasn't necessarily
S01 • E06 But to do that is going to cost the lives of so many GIs - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
But to do that is going to cost the lives of so many GIs
S01 • E05 as the Soviets continued their march into Poland, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:49
as the Soviets continued their march into Poland,
S01 • E01 It's telling that it's Molotov - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
It's telling that it's Molotov
S01 • E06 And so it would have weighed very heavily - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And so it would have weighed very heavily
S01 • E02 Roosevelt does try and provoke him to doing so - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
Roosevelt does try and provoke him to doing so
S01 • E06 They were trying to equip schoolchildren - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
They were trying to equip schoolchildren
S01 • E02 He accuses Hitler - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
He accuses Hitler
S01 • E06 T Harry S. Truman - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
T Harry S. Truman
S01 • E02 [narrator] Three days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:16
[narrator] Three days after the attack on Pearl Harbour,
S01 • E06 The potential cost to the United States - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
The potential cost to the United States
S01 • E02 He'd been very rude about him before, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
He'd been very rude about him before,
S01 • E03 Now, as part of that movement across Europe, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Now, as part of that movement across Europe,
S01 • E05 Stalin certainly knew about the camp - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Stalin certainly knew about the camp
S01 • E02 Roosevelt clearly has got him on the raw, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
Roosevelt clearly has got him on the raw,
S01 • E03 It's very much in keeping with how he'd operated - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
It's very much in keeping with how he'd operated
S01 • E06 Is this something that equates? Is there an advantage? - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Is this something that equates? Is there an advantage?