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[narrator] It shattered Allied complacency
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World War II: Race to Victory

It shattered Alliedcomplacency. Churchill asked Stalinto mount a new offensive. Eisenhower...

[narrator]
It shattered Allied
complacency. Churchill asked Stalin
to mount a new offensive. Eisenhower sent an emissary
to Moscow to share strategy and request support. But ultimately,
American forces would be left to fight what Churchill
described afterwards as the greatest American battle
of the war. [explosions] In six bloody weeks, 19,000 Allied soldiers
were confirmed dead. Overall, 81,000 U. S. servicemen
were killed, injured, or assumed missing in action. German casualties
were even higher, with around 100,000 men
killed or injured, a third of the attacking force. In addition, more than 800
tanks
and 1,000 planes were
destroyed. The Battle of the Bulge
was a shock

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[narrator] It shattered Allied complacency.
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Churchill asked Stalin to mount a new offensive.
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Eisenhower sent an emissary to Moscow to share strategy
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and request support.
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But ultimately, American forces would be left
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to fight what Churchill described afterwards
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as the greatest American battle of the war.
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[explosions]
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In six bloody weeks,
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19,000 Allied soldiers were confirmed dead.
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Overall, 81,000 U. S. servicemen were killed, injured,
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or assumed missing in action.
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German casualties were even higher,
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with around 100,000 men killed or injured,
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a third of the attacking force.
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In addition, more than 800 tanks and 1,000 planes were destroyed.
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The Battle of the Bulge was a shock.
Duration
50 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:09
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
history
Production
Ulrike Oettinger Filmproduktion,Pia Frankenberg Filmproduktion, Hamburg,ZDF

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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 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,
S01 • E06 It tells you something about Roosevelt's attitudes - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
It tells you something about Roosevelt's attitudes
S01 • E04 [Bradner] Roosevelt finally got his guys out into Europe, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
[Bradner] Roosevelt finally got his guys out into Europe,
S01 • E05 It was a significant setback - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
It was a significant setback
S01 • E02 [narrator] The attack on Pearl Harbour - World War II: Race to Victory 00:18
[narrator] The attack on Pearl Harbour
S01 • E06 His vice president did not know - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
His vice president did not know
S01 • E04 [narrator] Churchill was fearful, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
[narrator] Churchill was fearful,
S01 • E05 [narrator] The Battle of the Bulge - World War II: Race to Victory 00:25
[narrator] The Battle of the Bulge
S01 • E06 [Jonathan] Pretty much as soon as they finished the atom bomb - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
[Jonathan] Pretty much as soon as they finished the atom bom...