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
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