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World War II: Race to Victory

They had him driving aroundinspecting troops, pretending to bethe First U. S. Army Group,...

They had him driving around
inspecting troops, pretending to be
the First U. S. Army Group, which was going to bounce
across the Channel and attack Calais and Boulogne

Full Transcript

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They had him driving around inspecting troops,
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pretending to be the First U. S. Army Group,
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which was going to bounce across the Channel
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and attack Calais and Boulogne.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:25
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E04 The strength of that is that it means - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
The strength of that is that it means
S01 • E05 They had inflatable tanks, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
They had inflatable tanks,
S01 • E06 But also, he was determined that Poland should have - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
But also, he was determined that Poland should have
S01 • E04 And Patton was lucky, as well as good, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
And Patton was lucky, as well as good,
S01 • E06 And the only likely Polish government - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
And the only likely Polish government
S01 • E02 [narrator] By late 1940, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
[narrator] By late 1940,
S01 • E05 They spent a lot of time convincing the Germans - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
They spent a lot of time convincing the Germans
S01 • E06 [narrator] The only one of Churchill's objectives - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
[narrator] The only one of Churchill's objectives
S01 • E04 The weakness, of course, is that it can mean you are either wrong - World War II: Race to Victory 00:12
The weakness, of course, is that it can mean you are either ...
S01 • E05 [narrator] For Patton himself, a man of action, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
[narrator] For Patton himself, a man of action,
S01 • E02 And as a result of being at war for more than a year, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:22
And as a result of being at war for more than a year,
S01 • E03 People of Leningrad were soon forced to start - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
People of Leningrad were soon forced to start
S01 • E04 [theme music] of Axiss - World War II: Race to Victory 00:21
[theme music] of Axiss
S01 • E03 There were cases of cannibalism, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:09
There were cases of cannibalism,
S01 • E06 So he begins building up his own Polish government - World War II: Race to Victory 00:05
So he begins building up his own Polish government
S01 • E05 They also had another completely fictitious - World War II: Race to Victory 00:11
They also had another completely fictitious
S01 • E06 And that, I think, becomes the prime concern. - World War II: Race to Victory 00:04
And that, I think, becomes the prime concern.
S01 • E02 But by the end of 1940 - World War II: Race to Victory 00:08
But by the end of 1940
S01 • E06 Particularly for the British - World War II: Race to Victory 00:06
Particularly for the British
S01 • E04 In Montgomery's mind, - World War II: Race to Victory 00:10
In Montgomery's mind,