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How do you fight a war in partnership with leaders who are also your rivals? In a new season, Allied by War, historian David Reynolds and producer Russell Barnes explore the uneasy Second World War alliance of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt, the bargains behind victory and the consequences still shaping our world. A new 13-part series from Creating History.
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Allied by War is hosted by David Reynolds and Russell Barnes. Original music by Rich Farnsworth. Sound production by Andrew Chappell. Studio facilities by Storm Post. A ClearStory production.
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Update frequency:
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Average audio length:
39 minutes
English
United States
26 episodes
since Oct. 7, 2024
episodic
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On 22nd June 1941, Hitler invades the Soviet Union. Stalin has dismissed repeated warnings. How did a man who saw enemies everywhere so disastrously misjudge the threat from Nazi Germany?
In the first of three episodes on Stalin, David Reynolds and Russell Barnes trace his rise from a Georgian …
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How did leaders with such different ambitions hold their alliance together long enough to win the Second World War? In this opening episode of Allied by War, David Reynolds and Russell Barnes introduce the private arguments and compromises behind the familiar history. They explore the gap between p…
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