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World War II: Race to Victory

It's oneof the most unexpected things, at least by our politicalcommentators at the time,...

It's one
of the most unexpected things, at least by our political
commentators at the time, at least, that Churchill
lost the July 1945 election and did not just lose,
the Conservatives were trounced

Full Transcript

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It's one of the most unexpected things,
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at least by our political commentators at the time,
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at least, that Churchill lost the July 1945 election
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and did not just lose, the Conservatives were trounced.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:37
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
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 • E02 Roosevelt could not have been less prepared. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:40
Roosevelt could not have been less prepared.
S01 • E05 And broad advancement meant that the line of advancement - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And broad advancement meant that the line of advancement
S01 • E05 Coming through the Ardennes, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Coming through the Ardennes,
S01 • E06 The electorate was seen as being very grateful - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
The electorate was seen as being very grateful
S01 • E05 It was largely the Americans' doing at very heavy costs. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
It was largely the Americans' doing at very heavy costs...
S01 • E05 The Americans lost more in the Battle of the Bulge - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
The Americans lost more in the Battle of the Bulge
S01 • E03 The Russians executed 13,000 of their own men - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
The Russians executed 13,000 of their own men
S01 • E05 [narrator] It shattered Allied complacency. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:50
[narrator] It shattered Allied complacency.
S01 • E03 The Russians were willing to send - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
The Russians were willing to send
S01 • E04 [narrator] Churchill's mood, however, was bleak, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
[narrator] Churchill's mood, however, was bleak,
S01 • E06 [narrator] But the world was about to get a massive jolt. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:37
[narrator] But the world was about to get a massive jolt.
S01 • E03 They were expected to... When things were most desperate, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
They were expected to... When things were most desperate,
S01 • E02 Bombing of Pearl Harbour, as Roosevelt famously said, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
Bombing of Pearl Harbour, as Roosevelt famously said,
S01 • E03 There was an acceptance of the requirement - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
There was an acceptance of the requirement
S01 • E04 [narrator] The Tehran Conference in 1943 - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
[narrator] The Tehran Conference in 1943
S01 • E02 Up to that point, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
Up to that point,
S01 • E03 [narrator] The Axis forces also sustained heavy losses, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
[narrator] The Axis forces also sustained heavy losses,
S01 • E03 And the fact that Nazi Germany was roundly defeated, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
And the fact that Nazi Germany was roundly defeated,
S01 • E06 So, Truman actually only finds out - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
So, Truman actually only finds out
S01 • E02 With the bombing of Pearl Harbour, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
With the bombing of Pearl Harbour,