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2/8: Ugly victory is the Russian way of war: 2/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

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2/8: Ugly victory is the Russian way of war: 2/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1

World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler’s war; it was Stalin’s war:

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This is CBS I In The World.

0:37.0

I'm John Batchworth, professor Sean McMEEKIN.

0:39.8

His new book is Stalin's War, A New History of War War II.

0:42.8

Stalin setting the imperialist states against each other, tear each other up, and how gobble-up

0:47.9

territory, except Stalin was out of equipment, weapons,

0:51.8

food in order to continue the fight.

0:54.6

So he came to depend almost like a child on the arsenal of democracy.

1:03.8

The arsenal of democracy run by FDR and the American people.

1:08.4

However, we come to troubles, especially early 1942-43, in which FDR and Churchill make

1:18.6

a deal, although it was Eisenhower who did it, with the French commander of the North African

1:25.2

forces, a man who switches side, goes from being a fascist sympathizer to an American sympathizer.

1:31.4

His name was Darlon.

1:32.4

It's an obscure detail of history, but it did bother FDR, I learned from the professor

1:38.0

a lot.

1:39.0

So we come to January 1943, the Kazablanca conference in North Africa.

1:44.5

Stalin does not attend.

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