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World War II: Race to Victory

Roosevelt could not have been less prepared. It was supposed to be a quiet Sunday at the...

Roosevelt could not have been less prepared. It was supposed to be a quiet Sunday at the White House. The President had just finished lunch and was about to attend to his vast stamp collection when he learned of the Pearl Harbour attack. His advisors warned that Japan could be planning to follow up with an attack on America's West Coast. Roosevelt had no time to hesitate. His wife, Eleanor, described him as "deadly calm" as he decided he had no choice but to rally the nation behind a war many had hoped to avoid. Well, I think the Japanese

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Roosevelt could not have been less prepared.
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It was supposed to be a quiet Sunday
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at the White House.
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The President had just finished lunch
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and was about to attend to his vast stamp collection
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when he learned of the Pearl Harbour attack.
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His advisors warned that Japan could be planning
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to follow up with an attack on America's West Coast.
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Roosevelt had no time to hesitate.
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His wife, Eleanor, described him as "deadly calm"
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as he decided he had no choice
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but to rally the nation behind a war
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many had hoped to avoid.
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Well, I think the Japanese...
Duration
40 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:40
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 • E05 And broad advancement meant that the line of advancement - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And broad advancement meant that the line of advancement
S01 • E05 Coming through the Ardennes, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
Coming through the Ardennes,
S01 • E06 The electorate was seen as being very grateful - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
The electorate was seen as being very grateful
S01 • E05 It was largely the Americans' doing at very heavy costs. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
It was largely the Americans' doing at very heavy costs...
S01 • E05 The Americans lost more in the Battle of the Bulge - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
The Americans lost more in the Battle of the Bulge
S01 • E03 The Russians executed 13,000 of their own men - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
The Russians executed 13,000 of their own men
S01 • E05 [narrator] It shattered Allied complacency. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:50
[narrator] It shattered Allied complacency.
S01 • E03 The Russians were willing to send - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
The Russians were willing to send
S01 • E04 [narrator] Churchill's mood, however, was bleak, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:17
[narrator] Churchill's mood, however, was bleak,
S01 • E06 [narrator] But the world was about to get a massive jolt. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:37
[narrator] But the world was about to get a massive jolt.
S01 • E03 They were expected to... When things were most desperate, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
They were expected to... When things were most desperate,
S01 • E02 Bombing of Pearl Harbour, as Roosevelt famously said, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
Bombing of Pearl Harbour, as Roosevelt famously said,
S01 • E03 There was an acceptance of the requirement - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
There was an acceptance of the requirement
S01 • E04 [narrator] The Tehran Conference in 1943 - World War II: Race to Victory 00:26
[narrator] The Tehran Conference in 1943
S01 • E02 Up to that point, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
Up to that point,
S01 • E03 [narrator] The Axis forces also sustained heavy losses, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:15
[narrator] The Axis forces also sustained heavy losses,
S01 • E03 And the fact that Nazi Germany was roundly defeated, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
And the fact that Nazi Germany was roundly defeated,
S01 • E06 So, Truman actually only finds out - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
So, Truman actually only finds out
S01 • E02 With the bombing of Pearl Harbour, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
With the bombing of Pearl Harbour,
S01 • E04 [Bradner] Roosevelt finally got his guys out into Europe, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
[Bradner] Roosevelt finally got his guys out into Europe,