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World War II: Race to Victory

They were expected to...When things were most desperate, they were ferriedacross the river...

They were expected to...
When things were most desperate, they were ferried
across the river Volga, dropped on the bank,
told to climb up the bank and pick up a rifle as they went and then go
and fight the Germans

Full Transcript

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They were expected to... When things were most desperate,
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they were ferried across the river Volga,
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dropped on the bank, told to climb up the bank
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and pick up a rifle as they went
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and then go and fight the Germans.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:15
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • 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 • E06 It tells you something about Roosevelt's attitudes - World War II: Race to Victory 00:07
It tells you something about Roosevelt's attitudes
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,
S01 • E05 It was a significant setback - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
It was a significant setback
S01 • E02 [narrator] The attack on Pearl Harbour - World War II: Race to Victory 00:18
[narrator] The attack on Pearl Harbour
S01 • E06 His vice president did not know - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
His vice president did not know
S01 • E04 [narrator] Churchill was fearful, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:14
[narrator] Churchill was fearful,
S01 • E05 [narrator] The Battle of the Bulge - World War II: Race to Victory 00:25
[narrator] The Battle of the Bulge
S01 • E06 [Jonathan] Pretty much as soon as they finished the atom bomb - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
[Jonathan] Pretty much as soon as they finished the atom bom...
S01 • E01 The problem was that they couldn't reveal - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
The problem was that they couldn't reveal
S01 • E04 [narrator] But was he now more confident - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
[narrator] But was he now more confident
S01 • E02 [applause and cheers] - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
[applause and cheers]
S01 • E06 Would they have dropped it on Germany - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
Would they have dropped it on Germany