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Week 273 - How Himmler Learnt to Love the Russians - WW2 - November 18, 1944

Heinrich Himmler wants to build an Army of Soviet POWs, but that has some problems; Patrick Hurley becomes US Ambassador to China, but even before that he's in hot water with Chiang Kai-Shek; and in the field in the west, the Allies launch Operation Queen to try to cross the Roer River and reach the Rhine. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Edited and color grading by: Simon J. James Artwork by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman 01:29 Heinrich Himmler and Andrey Vlasov 07:46 Plans for Operation Queen 12:25 Operation Queen Begins 16:31 Allied advances in Italy 17:13 The fighting on Leyte 18:22 Patrick Hurley, Mao Zedong, and Chiang Kai-Shek 23:30 Notes from all over 24:15 Summary 24:34 Conclusion Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: A Far Cry - Flouw Byrr - Hampus Naeselius Last Breath of Freedom - Bonnie Grace Marching On - Jon Bjork Medieval Adventure - Bonnie Grace Sciophobia - Jo Wandrini To War! - Jo Wandrini Additional sound effects from Zapsplat.com A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.