World War II: Race to Victory

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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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Cast

Veronika Hyks Self - Narrator

Mike Jackson Self - Head of the British Army 2003-2006

Warren Dockter Self - International Politics Aberystwyth University

Harshan Kumarasingham Self - University of Edinburgh

Peter Whitewood Self - Senior Lecturer in Soviet history, Self - Senior Lecturer in US history University of Essex

Jonathan Boff Self - University of Birmingham

Martin Folly Self - Brunel University London

Andrew Priest Self - Senior Lecturer in US history University of Essex

Helen Fry Self - Author

Iwan Morgan Self - FDR Presidency historian

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