World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

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An examination of the USSR's alliances during World War Two.

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    Laurence Rees analyses how the end of the war saw the USSR swiftly move from being a vital ally to the enemy, as the people of Europe swapped one tyranny for another. Using archive materials only available since the fall of Communism, he explains how the Soviet Union began using a notorious Nazi concentration camp for its own prisoners, and the alarm felt by the Western powers. Last in the series

  • Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    Laurence Rees learns how and why the alliance between Britain, America and the USSR began to collapse as World War Two entered its final stages and the fighting became more political. With preparations for the peacetime redrawing of Europe's borders, new evidence shows how Churchill began to lose patience with the Poles and pushed them into agreeing terms with the Soviets coming from the east

  • Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    Laurence Rees examines the clash of values between Stalin and Churchill and how they were played out over the future of Poland in 1944. Records of secret meetings reveal the British prime minister thought he could persuade the Soviets to allow an independent government in the country the UK had gone into the war to protect, but the attempts to play politics threatened the integrity of the alliance

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