1945 1953: From World War to Cold War Part 1: Twilight of the Big Three | History Documentary

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At the outset of the Yalta Conference on February 4, 1945, the «Big Three» were all optimistic: victory was in no doubt, and the accord that they had achieved seemed likely to preserve the values they had fought for.
However, in just a few months, nothing would remain of this agreement apart from irreconcilable differences. United in war, the Allies would reveal themselves as divided and rivals in peace. How can such a rapid failure of a real effort at entente be explained? With the Yalta Conference in 1945 to 1953, discover a new world order drawn up by three men, looking for a lasting peace... that would lead inevitably to the Cold War.
Combining archive footage, photographs, original letters and unique testimonies, these two episodes revisit this crucial period in History. A full immersion into postwar years and an emerging new world order.

Part 1 : Yalta The Twilight of The Big Three:
In February 1945, at the Yalta Conference, the destinies of Europe and the world were in the hands of the Big Three, three statesmen whom Nazi aggression had brought together in a mission of resistance: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. These three victorious Allies represented the perfect alliance between three radically different worlds: Soviet communism, old Imperial Europe, and the powerful American democracy.
United in war, the Allies were to reveal themselves divided and rivals in peace.
Over eight days, from 4 to 11 February 1945, the Big Three were to take part in a merciless struggle, given their respective interests and ideologies which set them diametrically apart.
The very last time they were to be seen together was at Yalta.
Each of them was then at a critical moment of their destinies, while, in the wake of the Conference, the world was about to sink into new depths of darkness…

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