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INTERVIEW: The Allies Who Secretly Hated Each Other

INTERVIEW: The Allies Who Secretly Hated Each Other

Update: 2025-06-10
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They fought Hitler — but almost turned on each other.

Historian Tim Bouverie joins Why Wars Happened to expose the secret rivalries, betrayals, and mistrust that nearly shattered the Allied powers during WWII. Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt — the alliance was never as solid as you were told.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome to Why Wars Happened

00:49 – Meet today’s guest: Tim Bouverie

01:10 – What Allies at War is all about

01:42 – Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill—and their complicated ties

04:31 – U.S.–Britain relations before the war

08:49 – How the Allied powers worked (and clashed)

12:53 – Seeing the war from Stalin’s point of view

24:08 – The Yalta Conference: what was really going on

29:09 – Wrapping it all up

#WWII #AlliedPowers #Churchill #Stalin #Roosevelt #WhyWarsHappened

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INTERVIEW: The Allies Who Secretly Hated Each Other

INTERVIEW: The Allies Who Secretly Hated Each Other