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3/8: Ugly victory is the Russian way of war: 1/8: 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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3/8: Ugly victory is the Russian way of war: 1/8: 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 CBSI in the world.

0:37.3

I'm John Bachelors.

0:38.5

John McMacon is the author of the new book, Stalin's War, a professor at Bard College.

0:43.8

Stalin has needled, hectured, used the rhetoric of second front for years.

0:51.0

Well, here it comes, 1944.

0:53.1

We know it is D-Day.

0:54.9

However, there are many details inside this before D-Day actually happens.

1:00.5

It's important to explore them all.

1:03.0

And it has to do with the lend lease.

1:06.0

First protocol, second protocol, third protocol.

1:09.1

It's not just the dollar figure, which is enormous.

1:13.1

It's the ability of the Soviets to plunder the United States, whole Ford factories.

1:21.4

Suitcases of what we call intellectual property.

1:25.2

At that time, they would have called them blueprints.

1:28.4

Being guarded by NKVD men with submachine guns as they're transferred

1:32.9

unopened boxes to the Soviet Union.

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