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[narrator] The Tehran Conference in 1943
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World War II: Race to Victory

The Tehran Conference in 1943 committed Britain and America to the invasionof occupied...

[narrator]
The Tehran Conference in 1943 committed Britain and America to the invasion
of occupied France by May 1944. Stalin was delighted. He had long pushed
for this Western Front. Now Churchill
and Roosevelt had to deliver. [Iwan]
The Americans always believed that the war in the West
would be won in France, not the Mediterranean

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[narrator] The Tehran Conference in 1943
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committed Britain and America
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to the invasion of occupied France by May 1944.
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Stalin was delighted.
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He had long pushed for this Western Front.
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Now Churchill and Roosevelt had to deliver.
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[Iwan] The Americans always believed
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that the war in the West would be won in France,
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not the Mediterranean.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:30
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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...
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