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[narrator] Three months before the invasion
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World War II: Race to Victory

Three monthsbefore the invasion in April 1943, German agents recovered thebodyof a...

[narrator] Three months
before the invasion in April 1943, German agents recovered the
body
of a British Royal Marine pilot from the waters off
a Spanish beach. Documents handcuffed
to the officer's wrist led Hitler's forces to believe that the Allied attack on Italy would come via Greece
and Sardinia. Nazi troops were moved
to those places to defend the German positions. But the documents were
an elaborate hoax by British intelligence
codenamed Operation Mincemeat. [Jonathan] The Germans knew
that there was going to be some kind of Allied attack
somewhere in the Mediterranean

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[narrator] Three months before the invasion
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in April 1943,
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German agents recovered the body of a British Royal Marine pilot
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from the waters off a Spanish beach.
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Documents handcuffed to the officer's wrist
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led Hitler's forces to believe
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that the Allied attack on Italy
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would come via Greece and Sardinia.
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Nazi troops were moved to those places
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to defend the German positions.
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But the documents were an elaborate hoax
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by British intelligence codenamed Operation Mincemeat.
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[Jonathan] The Germans knew that there was going to be
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some kind of Allied attack somewhere in the Mediterranean.
Duration
38 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:59
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E06 Millions and millions of people - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Millions and millions of people
S01 • E02 [narrator] We now know his personal thoughts - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
[narrator] We now know his personal thoughts
S01 • E06 [narrator] Roosevelt's main priority, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
[narrator] Roosevelt's main priority,
S01 • E01 He comes back from Munich having signed the peace, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
He comes back from Munich having signed the peace,
S01 • E02 So it was a very fine line that he was walking, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
So it was a very fine line that he was walking,
S01 • E01 And if Chamberlain doesn't sign that piece of paper, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:24
And if Chamberlain doesn't sign that piece of paper,
S01 • E02 It was non-active intervention, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
It was non-active intervention,
S01 • E06 And the reason for that is because they know - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
And the reason for that is because they know
S01 • E04 And so the British dressed up a dead body, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
And so the British dressed up a dead body,
S01 • E06 Of course, the reason that they know this - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Of course, the reason that they know this
S01 • E06 The U. S. takes enormous losses in this campaign, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
The U. S. takes enormous losses in this campaign,
S01 • E04 [narrator] The Italian island - World War II: Race to Victory 00:30
[narrator] The Italian island
S01 • E01 We knew that war was inevitable; it was just a matter of when. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
We knew that war was inevitable; it was just a matter of whe...
S01 • E01 [narrator] But in the tearooms of Westminster, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:32
[narrator] But in the tearooms of Westminster,
S01 • E04 [explosion] - World War II: Race to Victory 00:59
[explosion]
S01 • E01 [narrator] As another world war loomed, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
[narrator] As another world war loomed,
S01 • E05 It wasn't just about the boots on the ground, so to speak, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
It wasn't just about the boots on the ground, so to spe...
S01 • E05 Of course, Churchill loved all of that unorthodox stuff. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
Of course, Churchill loved all of that unorthodox stuff.
S01 • E01 Churchill's career up to 1939, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
Churchill's career up to 1939,
S01 • E05 He was interested in the Commandos - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
He was interested in the Commandos