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[narrator] However, when Stalin finally emerged
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World War II: Race to Victory

However, when Stalin finally emerged from a week of drunken despair, he didn't...

[narrator] However, when Stalin finally emerged from a week of drunken despair, he didn't capitulate. He turned to the capitalists and asked to join Lend-Lease. This was actually
a big compromise on his part because for the years before
the start of the war, Stalin had seen Britain
and America as major enemies

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[narrator] However, when Stalin finally emerged
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from a week of drunken despair, he didn't capitulate.
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He turned to the capitalists and asked to join Lend-Lease.
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This was actually a big compromise on his part
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because for the years before the start of the war,
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Stalin had seen Britain and America as major enemies.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:23
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 • E04 He believed that he was more capable of doing so - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
He believed that he was more capable of doing so
S01 • E01 [narrator] Churchill's position was precarious in the extreme. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:39
[narrator] Churchill's position was precarious in the e...
S01 • E02 This fit with his ideological view - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
This fit with his ideological view
S01 • E02 But now he had to make a deal with capitalist powers - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
But now he had to make a deal with capitalist powers
S01 • E02 [narrator] Roosevelt granted him - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
[narrator] Roosevelt granted him
S01 • E01 Not of itself very large comparatively, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Not of itself very large comparatively,
S01 • E05 [narrator] In five days, the beaches were fully secured - World War II: Race to Victory 00:37
[narrator] In five days, the beaches were fully secured
S01 • E01 And the collapse of France and the collapse of Belgium - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
And the collapse of France and the collapse of Belgium
S01 • E02 This is because so much of the Soviet economy - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
This is because so much of the Soviet economy
S01 • E02 Without Allied aid, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Without Allied aid,
S01 • E01 [narrator] Retreating to the edge - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
[narrator] Retreating to the edge
S01 • E02 Stalin understood this. So the real contribution - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
Stalin understood this. So the real contribution
S01 • E04 [narrator] When the Western Allies - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
[narrator] When the Western Allies
S01 • E02 [narrator] But despite the aid agreements, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
[narrator] But despite the aid agreements,
S01 • E01 [narrator] On the 26th of May, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:30
[narrator] On the 26th of May,
S01 • E04 naturally suspicious nature, s - World War II: Race to Victory 00:33
naturally suspicious nature, s
S01 • E06 [narrator] The attack started with an aerial bombardment - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
[narrator] The attack started with an aerial bombardment
S01 • E01 But he also recognised that in the war cabinet - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
But he also recognised that in the war cabinet
S01 • E04 Churchill, on the other hand, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Churchill, on the other hand,
S01 • E01 [narrator] The battle in Whitehall went on for days. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:33
[narrator] The battle in Whitehall went on for days.