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World War II: Race to Victory

The Americansopposed the idea. whatever the British said,they feared it could turn into a...

[narrator] The Americans
opposed the idea. whatever the British said,
they feared it could turn into a post‐war dispute
over Allied occupied Europe between Britain
and the Soviet Union. During a state dinner,
Churchill slipped Stalin a list dividing up the Balkans
into spheres of influence by percentages. Stalin is said to have looked
at the list, and ticked it
indicating his approval. They also discussed the idea
that the Soviet Union needed a ring of independent,
pro‐Soviet buffer states: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary
to protect its border. Now, for Stalin, this was not
a controversial thing, because he did not really care
about the status of countries

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[narrator] The Americans opposed the idea.
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whatever the British said, they feared it could turn
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into a post‐war dispute over Allied occupied Europe
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between Britain and the Soviet Union.
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During a state dinner, Churchill slipped Stalin a list
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dividing up the Balkans into spheres of influence
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by percentages.
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Stalin is said to have looked at the list,
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and ticked it indicating his approval.
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They also discussed the idea that the Soviet Union needed
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a ring of independent, pro‐Soviet buffer states:
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Poland, Czechoslovakia,
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and Hungary to protect its border.
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Now, for Stalin,
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this was not a controversial thing,
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because he did not really care about the status of countries.
Duration
44 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:33
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 Volga, huge river flowing through it. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
The Volga, huge river flowing through it.
S01 • E03 Very important industrially to the Soviet Union. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
Very important industrially to the Soviet Union.
S01 • E06 And the darker side of that conflict - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
And the darker side of that conflict
S01 • E04 The cause, or the non‐invasion of Western Europe - World War II: Race to Victory 00:13
The cause, or the non‐invasion of Western Europe
S01 • E03 So totemic, and in strategic terms, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
So totemic, and in strategic terms,
S01 • E03 It stopped the Russians' ability to cross the river Volga. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
It stopped the Russians' ability to cross the river Vol...
S01 • E06 Something which the Russian government, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Something which the Russian government,
S01 • E04 [narrator] But this was not Churchill's only motive. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
[narrator] But this was not Churchill's only motive.
S01 • E03 [narrator] As important as the military victory - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
[narrator] As important as the military victory
S01 • E02 Women and children joined their menfolk - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Women and children joined their menfolk
S01 • E06 [narrator] The Russians had won the race to Berlin. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:48
[narrator] The Russians had won the race to Berlin.
S01 • E04 You know, they had an empire in Palestine and in Egypt - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
You know, they had an empire in Palestine and in Egypt
S01 • E03 It was the important supply route - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
It was the important supply route
S01 • E02 Another Soviet success - World War II: Race to Victory 00:28
Another Soviet success
S01 • E04 [narrator] Stalin had suspected Churchill - World War II: Race to Victory 00:35
[narrator] Stalin had suspected Churchill
S01 • E03 But Stalingrad was also in Hitler's path - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
But Stalingrad was also in Hitler's path
S01 • E05 Where the Percentages Agreement is controversial - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Where the Percentages Agreement is controversial
S01 • E05 Democratic powers agreeing - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
Democratic powers agreeing
S01 • E01 they seized the west of the country. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:30
they seized the west of the country.
S01 • E02 [narrator] Meanwhile, The Nazi attack - World War II: Race to Victory 00:43
[narrator] Meanwhile, The Nazi attack