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[narrator] Japan was already proving a deadly enemy
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World War II: Race to Victory

Hours after Pearl Harbour, Japanese planes struck airfields north of Manila in the...

[narrator] Japan was already proving a deadly enemy. [tense music] Hours after Pearl Harbour, Japanese planes struck airfields north of Manila in the Philippines, destroying more than half the fighters and bombers of the U.S. Army's Far East Air Force. Two days later, further strikes obliterated Cavite Naval Yard, the Americans' only ship repair facility in the Philippines

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[narrator] Japan was already proving a deadly enemy.
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[tense music]
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Hours after Pearl Harbour, Japanese planes struck airfields
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north of Manila in the Philippines,
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destroying more than half the fighters and bombers
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of the U.S. Army's Far East Air Force.
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Two days later,
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further strikes obliterated Cavite Naval Yard,
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the Americans' only ship repair facility
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in the Philippines.
Duration
25 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:47
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 [Iwan] The Americans had advanced knowledge - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
[Iwan] The Americans had advanced knowledge
S01 • E04 Monte Cassino falls in May 1944, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
Monte Cassino falls in May 1944,
S01 • E05 Could you have issued some warning - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
Could you have issued some warning
S01 • E06 There was a theory that one of the reasons - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
There was a theory that one of the reasons
S01 • E02 The Americans were not the only victims - World War II: Race to Victory 00:48
The Americans were not the only victims
S01 • E06 To cow them into being a bit more pliant. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
To cow them into being a bit more pliant.
S01 • E05 Because the military planners said, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:42
Because the military planners said,
S01 • E06 It has to be said. The Russians, as we know, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
It has to be said. The Russians, as we know,
S01 • E06 [narrator] A new Europe would have to be forged - World War II: Race to Victory 00:42
[narrator] A new Europe would have to be forged
S01 • E03 But here we were in 1944, apparently getting ready - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
But here we were in 1944, apparently getting ready
S01 • E01 The important thing was to destroy the Red Army. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
The important thing was to destroy the Red Army.
S01 • E03 [narrator] Churchill's ambassador - World War II: Race to Victory 00:58
[narrator] Churchill's ambassador
S01 • E01 The problem that he experienced, however, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:40
The problem that he experienced, however,
S01 • E05 Bletchley Park was picking up messages - World War II: Race to Victory 00:13
Bletchley Park was picking up messages
S01 • E02 They're at war there throughout the 1930s, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
They're at war there throughout the 1930s,
S01 • E04 The state of the moon: full, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
The state of the moon: full,
S01 • E04 And there were only so many days in the month - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
And there were only so many days in the month
S01 • E05 These sites were regularly picking up - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
These sites were regularly picking up
S01 • E02 But that's the number one problem so far as they see it, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
But that's the number one problem so far as they see it...
S01 • E06 And it almost permanently handicapped Britain's ability - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
And it almost permanently handicapped Britain's ability