World War Two — Season 1, Episode 18: Week 018 - Stalin’s Unexpected Bedfellows - Soviet Relations in East Asia - WW2 - 29 December 1939

Episode synopsis

The Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets are still struggling to turn the Winter War against the Finnish in their favor.

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• E10Week 010 - Molotov's Heel on Finland and the Phoney War - WW2 - 3 November, 1939
• E11Week 011 - Hitler Almost Killed - WW2 - 10 November, 1939
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