World War II: Race to Victory

Ended First aired 14/Jun/2020 English 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)

This 6-hour documentary series recalls one of the most thrilling races in history, between three icons, super powers and ideologies that came together to overcome a greater evil and achieve VE Day. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin find themselves in an uneasy alliance, fraught with power-struggles, false promises and deadly suspicions of each other. The series paints an in-depth picture of the race to power and victory during the war, to reach VE Day.

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6 episode(s) · Air date: 14/Jun/2020

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S1E6

Race to Berlin

Air date: 12/Jun/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min

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A look at the decisive final months of the Second World War, from the American attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the race to reach Berlin.

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S1E5

D-Day and Beyond

Air date: 05/Jun/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min

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In September 1944, Allied forces undertook Operation Market Garden, a joint air and ground mission with the aim of ending the Second World War by Christmas. Though the initiative liberated much of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation and established a foothold from which the Allies could make later offensives into Germany, it was considered a costly failure with lasting consequences.

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Tehran Sit-down

Air date: 29/May/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min

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How, after a year of fraught relations and tension, the big three leaders met in Tehran seeking to find the unity they need to help the Allies win the Second World War.

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Victory at Any Cost

Air date: 22/May/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min

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An exploration of the tensions at the heart of the Allied war effort, as the dominant powers weigh up the moral ambiguity and actions of their alliance.

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An Unholy Alliance

Air date: 15/May/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min

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On December 7 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, who killed more than 2,000 Americans. It soon became evident the US continue could no longer remain neutral in the Second World War.

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Mortal Peril

Air date: 08/May/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min

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Documentary offering a chronological timeline of how and why the central alliance between Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union was formed in the years leading into the Second World War. It was an uneasy alliance and one fraught with power struggles, false promises and deadly suspicions. Plus, an in-depth picture of the race to ultimate victory and post-war supremacy, concluding with VE day on the May 8 1945.

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