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[narrator] Meanwhile, The Nazi attack
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World War II: Race to Victory

Meanwhile, The Nazi attack became increasingly focused on Leningrad, a city of strategic...

[narrator] Meanwhile, The Nazi attack became increasingly focused on Leningrad, a city of strategic significance. The city's prime position on the Neva River offered easy access to the sea. It was the base of Russia's Baltic Fleet of warships, destroyers, aircraft, torpedo boats, and submarines. And with more than 600 factories, Leningrad was second only to Moscow in industrial output. It was also of symbolic importance. Hitler was determined to destroy Leningrad, which he hated for its very name. This was the birthplace
of the Russian Revolution

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[narrator] Meanwhile, The Nazi attack
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became increasingly focused on Leningrad,
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a city of strategic significance.
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The city's prime position on the Neva River
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offered easy access to the sea.
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It was the base of Russia's Baltic Fleet
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of warships, destroyers, aircraft,
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torpedo boats, and submarines.
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And with more than 600 factories,
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Leningrad was second only to Moscow
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in industrial output.
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It was also of symbolic importance.
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Hitler was determined to destroy Leningrad,
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which he hated for its very name.
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This was the birthplace of the Russian Revolution.
Duration
43 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:37
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E04 That's why he was saying "Come on, get a move on." - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
That's why he was saying "Come on, get a move on.&...
S01 • E06 We went to England - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
We went to England
S01 • E06 And then when you come back home - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
And then when you come back home
S01 • E01 He was interested, of course, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
He was interested, of course,
S01 • E04 [narrator] The ill‐tempered talks - World War II: Race to Victory 00:20
[narrator] The ill‐tempered talks
S01 • E01 Stalin could look to push Communism - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
Stalin could look to push Communism
S01 • E06 [narrator] But in deference to his U. S. ally, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:19
[narrator] But in deference to his U. S. ally,
S01 • E01 The Russians and the Poles had fought a war in 1920-1921, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
The Russians and the Poles had fought a war in 1920-1921,
S01 • E02 [narrator] As the Nazi forces advanced, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:55
[narrator] As the Nazi forces advanced,
S01 • E04 And of course, Churchill was still saying, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
And of course, Churchill was still saying,
S01 • E01 [narrator] In Stalin's mind, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:25
[narrator] In Stalin's mind,
S01 • E06 Japan, with all her treachery and greed, remains unsubdued. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Japan, with all her treachery and greed, remains unsubdued.
S01 • E06 The injuries she has inflicted on Great Britain, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
The injuries she has inflicted on Great Britain,
S01 • E04 Otherwise, the prospects of post‐war cooperation are nil. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Otherwise, the prospects of post‐war cooperation are nil.
S01 • E04 [narrator] Churchill knew that Stalin - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
[narrator] Churchill knew that Stalin
S01 • E06 We must now devote all our strength and resources - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
We must now devote all our strength and resources
S01 • E01 So as the Nazis and their troops - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
So as the Nazis and their troops
S01 • E05 Perhaps it was a question of who blinked first, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Perhaps it was a question of who blinked first,
S01 • E06 [narrator] The war in the Pacific - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
[narrator] The war in the Pacific
S01 • E01 [narrator] But Hitler had not changed his beliefs. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:16
[narrator] But Hitler had not changed his beliefs.