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World War II: Race to Victory

THarry S. Truman was informedthat the atomic bomb test had been successfulin New Mexico,...

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Harry S. Truman was informed
that the atomic bomb test had been successful
in New Mexico, he calculated
that this monstrous weapon might be used to defeat Japan in a way less costly
to U. S. lives than a conventional invasion
of the Japanese homeland. [Sir Mike] Well, you can see what went through Roosevelt
and then Truman's mind

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t Harry S. Truman
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was informed that the atomic bomb test
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had been successful in New Mexico,
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he calculated that this monstrous weapon
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might be used to defeat Japan
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in a way less costly to U. S. lives
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than a conventional invasion of the Japanese homeland.
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[Sir Mike] Well, you can see
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what went through Roosevelt and then Truman's mind.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:41
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
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 • E02 [narrator] Three days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:16
[narrator] Three days after the attack on Pearl Harbour,
S01 • E06 The potential cost to the United States - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
The potential cost to the United States
S01 • E02 He'd been very rude about him before, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
He'd been very rude about him before,
S01 • E03 Now, as part of that movement across Europe, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Now, as part of that movement across Europe,
S01 • E05 Stalin certainly knew about the camp - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
Stalin certainly knew about the camp
S01 • E02 Roosevelt clearly has got him on the raw, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
Roosevelt clearly has got him on the raw,
S01 • E03 It's very much in keeping with how he'd operated - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
It's very much in keeping with how he'd operated
S01 • E06 Is this something that equates? Is there an advantage? - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Is this something that equates? Is there an advantage?
S01 • E03 And this is when the Polish prisoners - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
And this is when the Polish prisoners
S01 • E06 I mean, these are dreadful decisions. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
I mean, these are dreadful decisions.
S01 • E02 There was a good reason. Again, in Hitler's world view - World War II: Race to Victory 00:16
There was a good reason. Again, in Hitler's world view
S01 • E05 However, Stalin does not disseminate - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
However, Stalin does not disseminate
S01 • E05 So they came across camps like Auschwitz - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
So they came across camps like Auschwitz
S01 • E04 [narrator] By the beginning of 1944, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:24
[narrator] By the beginning of 1944,
S01 • E03 They could be a rallying point of anti-Soviet opposition. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
They could be a rallying point of anti-Soviet opposition.
S01 • E03 Moreover, if he got rid of these prisoners, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
Moreover, if he got rid of these prisoners,
S01 • E05 Why did he not inform his generals - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
Why did he not inform his generals
S01 • E02 And America, and particularly New York finance, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
And America, and particularly New York finance,
S01 • E01 And that is that he recognised - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
And that is that he recognised
S01 • E05 And sometimes, Stalin's antisemitism - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And sometimes, Stalin's antisemitism