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[narrator] But why was Stalin
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World War II: Race to Victory

But why was Stalin, a man who had builta totalitarian state based on suspicion...

[narrator] But why was Stalin, a man who had built
a totalitarian state based on suspicion and
paranoia, so easily seduced by Hitler? His calculation was that Hitler
would not fight a war against the Soviet Union while he was still
engaged with Britain

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[narrator] But why was Stalin,
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a man who had built a totalitarian state
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based on suspicion and paranoia,
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so easily seduced by Hitler?
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His calculation was that Hitler would not fight a war
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against the Soviet Union
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while he was still engaged with Britain.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:21
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 He believed that he saw Hitler's motivations, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
He believed that he saw Hitler's motivations,
S01 • E04 He doesn't need to soft soap Churchill, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
He doesn't need to soft soap Churchill,
S01 • E01 He was also somewhat deluded by German deception plans, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
He was also somewhat deluded by German deception plans,
S01 • E06 There's a famous cartoon of him going to Yalta - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
There's a famous cartoon of him going to Yalta
S01 • E02 It was the worst disaster in American military history. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
It was the worst disaster in American military history.
S01 • E05 Eisenhower, much to Montgomery's disgust, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
Eisenhower, much to Montgomery's disgust,
S01 • E06 It's one of the most unexpected things, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
It's one of the most unexpected things,
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,