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World War II: Race to Victory

By late 1940, Britain had defied the odds to win the Battle of Britain. But people were...

[narrator] By late 1940, Britain had defied the odds to win the Battle of Britain. But people were now enduring nightly bombings as the Blitz hit towns and cities all over the country

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[narrator] By late 1940,
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Britain had defied the odds to win the Battle of Britain.
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But people were now enduring nightly bombings
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as the Blitz hit towns and cities all over the country.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:42
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 • E05 They spent a lot of time convincing the Germans - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
They spent a lot of time convincing the Germans
S01 • E06 [narrator] The only one of Churchill's objectives - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
[narrator] The only one of Churchill's objectives
S01 • E04 The weakness, of course, is that it can mean you are either wrong - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
The weakness, of course, is that it can mean you are either ...
S01 • E05 [narrator] For Patton himself, a man of action, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
[narrator] For Patton himself, a man of action,
S01 • E02 And as a result of being at war for more than a year, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
And as a result of being at war for more than a year,
S01 • E03 People of Leningrad were soon forced to start - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
People of Leningrad were soon forced to start
S01 • E04 [theme music] of Axiss - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
[theme music] of Axiss
S01 • E03 There were cases of cannibalism, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
There were cases of cannibalism,
S01 • E06 So he begins building up his own Polish government - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
So he begins building up his own Polish government
S01 • E05 They also had another completely fictitious - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
They also had another completely fictitious
S01 • E06 And that, I think, becomes the prime concern. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
And that, I think, becomes the prime concern.
S01 • E02 But by the end of 1940 - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
But by the end of 1940
S01 • E06 Particularly for the British - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Particularly for the British
S01 • E04 In Montgomery's mind, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
In Montgomery's mind,
S01 • E05 They had all sorts of fun, and all kinds of schemes, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
They had all sorts of fun, and all kinds of schemes,
S01 • E06 Poland had been one of Britain's most solid allies - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
Poland had been one of Britain's most solid allies
S01 • E02 Churchill begins to pressure Roosevelt - World War II: Race to Victory 00:13
Churchill begins to pressure Roosevelt
S01 • E04 And Patton, at a pretty early stage, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
And Patton, at a pretty early stage,
S01 • E02 And that of course, as Churchill knew, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:16
And that of course, as Churchill knew,
S01 • E04 [narrator] Advancing up the east coast, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:30
[narrator] Advancing up the east coast,