World War II: Race to Victory

Season 1

TV-PG

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 ultimate victory and post-war supremacy, concluding with VE day on 8th May 1945. Race to Victory homes in on the personal battles between wartime leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, and illuminates the behind-the-scenes battles fought between the men - the war behind the war. The trio maneuvered and grappled to exert their will over one another, to win the conflict on their terms and impose their competing ideologies on what was left of Europe.

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6 Episodes

Mortal Peril
E1
Mortal PerilCelebrations erupt across the world as the war ends in Europe. It is VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). But it has been a long, hard race to get here... and war is still raging in the Pacific.
An Unholy Alliance
E2
An Unholy AllianceOn New year's Day 1942 representatives of Britain, the USA and USSR signed the United nations Declaration, pledging to align together to defeat the Axis powers.
Victory At Any Cost
E3
Victory At Any CostIn 1943 mass graves filled with the corpses of thousands of Polish military officers are discovered by German forces. These were not the victims of Hitler's Holocaust but evidence of the Soviet Union's take over of Poland.
Theran Sit-down
E4
Theran Sit-down
D-Day and Beyond
E5
D-Day and BeyondMore than 156,000 British, American and Canadian soldiers are transported across the English Channel in the largest seaborne invasion ever attempted; "The Big Three" come face to face for the second -- and last -- time in the seaside town of Yalta.
Race To Berlin
E6
Race To BerlinThe Allies agree to meet to decide what the future will look like after the war finally comes to an end; The Big Three come face to face for the second -- and last -- time in the seaside town of Yalta.