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[narrator] By the beginning of 1944
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World War II: Race to Victory

By the beginningof 1944, British and American forces had spent monthsfighting the Germans...

[narrator] By the beginning
of 1944, British and American forces had spent months
fighting the Germans as they made their way up
through Italy. At Monte Cassino in the Italian mountains
south of Rome, the German Tenth Army dug in using a bombed‐out monastery
for shelter. They resisted the Allied
advance for months. [Sir Mike] Monte Cassino
sits high

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[narrator] By the beginning of 1944,
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British and American forces
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had spent months fighting the Germans
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as they made their way up through Italy.
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At Monte Cassino
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in the Italian mountains south of Rome,
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the German Tenth Army dug in
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using a bombed‐out monastery for shelter.
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They resisted the Allied advance for months.
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[Sir Mike] Monte Cassino sits high.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:26
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 They could be a rallying point of anti-Soviet opposition. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
They could be a rallying point of anti-Soviet opposition.
S01 • E03 Moreover, if he got rid of these prisoners, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
Moreover, if he got rid of these prisoners,
S01 • E05 Why did he not inform his generals - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
Why did he not inform his generals
S01 • E02 And America, and particularly New York finance, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
And America, and particularly New York finance,
S01 • E01 And that is that he recognised - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
And that is that he recognised
S01 • E05 And sometimes, Stalin's antisemitism - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And sometimes, Stalin's antisemitism
S01 • E03 And, of course, he was looking to install - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
And, of course, he was looking to install
S01 • E02 And therefore, in a perverse kind of logic... - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
And therefore, in a perverse kind of logic...
S01 • E05 But it seems to be that during the war years - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
But it seems to be that during the war years
S01 • E01 And as he famously said, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
And as he famously said,
S01 • E02 [scoffs] - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
[scoffs]
S01 • E04 The obvious route north is through quite a tight pass. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
The obvious route north is through quite a tight pass.
S01 • E05 The liberation of Auschwitz - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
The liberation of Auschwitz
S01 • E01 He decided, pretty much instantly, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
He decided, pretty much instantly,
S01 • E04 Everything to the defender's advantage, that terrain, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
Everything to the defender's advantage, that terrain,
S01 • E02 [narrator] Roosevelt responded, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:41
[narrator] Roosevelt responded,
S01 • E05 [Iwan] Stalin had overseen - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
[Iwan] Stalin had overseen
S01 • E01 There were many misgivings - World War II: Race to Victory 00:30
There were many misgivings
S01 • E04 [narrator] It was Churchill who came up with the plan - World War II: Race to Victory 00:25
[narrator] It was Churchill who came up with the plan
S01 • E05 To Churchill, however, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
To Churchill, however,