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to impose further austerity measures with billions of euros in order to secure a second you need out. and former soviet republics and more of the twenty seven million victims killed in the fight against hitler's troops on this day seventy years ago the same in the east the bloodiest conflict in the region's history which came then as the great country of the. next one talked to a british historian the author dr michael jones well known for his books on world war two and told r.t. what's motivating his decisions were made the soviet union seventeen years ago what helped the sylvia troops win the war. today marks the seventieth anniversary of the start of operation barbarossa hitler's code name for germany's invasion all to save the union it became

a lower just ever military operation both in terms of sheer resources deployed and also in casualties dr michael james's new book tells the story of the red army during the second world war dr james thank you for talking to r.t. today let's start from the beginning of operation barbarossa why did hitler decide to invade. to look always wanted to invade the soviet union the reason he gave out was that the soviet union would actually attack germany i think the evidence for that in nineteen forty one slight underneath that justification to his military were two main factors the first was hitler's hatred of communism of bolshevism and that was what he really put out to your that it was a crusade against bolshevism bolshevism was a man that needed to be destroyed but underneath the real truth about this war was race hatred and if one reads my hitler's book it's clear that he always

wanted to carve out a living space. and do so expansive the people he regarded as racially inferior and when he announced operation barbarossa he told his staff that it was a war of annihilation didn't he he he thought in terms of a war of survival. it was going to be the survival of the fittest and it didn't take einstein to realize the consequences and thought that there would be horrific losses. and that was and. how unexpected was the invasion i mean hitler and stalin had signs the molotov ribbentrop pact making them allies on. easy allies of course but allies nonetheless they were allies and the soviet union was caught by surprise and this was stalin was great. stalin was not naive but he thought that germany would not attack in nine hundred forty one he thought the attack would

come late and he believed that he could use this pact to develop the soviet union's and sphere of influence and the same time. the red army and transferred industry you're on your own mountains but in fact he got it very very badly wrong and of course the red army was course deeply unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about the sort of human story behind the how did it develop militarily cheering the current. beginning and nine hundred forty one on the road i mean was that. by the order of nine hundred forty one the roads between two and three million in terms of killed missing and captured i think few are in the world could sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for him in this high come on to believe at that point the soviet union would cave in and what was it that kept the red army fighting. the sixty four

thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was necessary to be tough and new york with nine hundred forty one and startling results that most would be defended and there keep fighting but it was also true to some profound patrick jephson that the right on the recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a powerful facade rival and what was at stake was not just the communist system but russia as a country on the soviet union was in the boardroom and it really did become a part of it war it was an unusual time in the right to vote quite so lots. during the time it comes what do you think explains the difference in its effectiveness from say nine hundred forty one to for example the backlit starting right in which it secured a stunning victory but of course the technical reason is that the red army in the

midst of war is is retraining rearming and of course it's the worst possible time to do it but they are doing it and to give them credit this can still make a difference they transfer their industry as they get them up and running and certainly by the end of. that better trained and better equipped but the germans still a formidable foe and i believe thank you for it was just a science for the technical side germany could very well have want to either a nine hundred forty one nine hundred forty to put it with the love of the model it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting the germans underestimated to hit once the short sharp shock and quick campaign was crucial but it didn't work out like that it's all that he thought it would all be over and he was not alone and off to the will of the german general is just nonsense we all were against the good at the time many of them agreed with hitler they thought the war could be very quickly in three months and of course we won't make the same

mistake was napoleon we won't have a win to war because we'll want to drive your time they were carried away by their own successes their previous successes blitzkrieg the rightwing war and they believe that if they hammer the right on the other front here it will be. but they are underestimated the red army and they underestimated the soviet union and i was that a turning point or was it just the onset of the winds having the weather they just had for well the germans blame the weather although again you could use props in that one coming but they were caught by surprise and they said the weather rolled them put in five i think the weather was part of the sky. already and the other part that was much harder for them to acknowledge was that an army the same defeated demoralized them lost in a matter of weeks and five days turned itself around and started fighting and resisting with stupendous on the first turning point was outside moscow the germans

expected to take the capital they would later than they thought but they still thought that would and the war and it was the strength and determination of resistance that caught me by surprise ahead of the campaign hitler was repeatedly. taking western russia that would in fact be more of a drain on germany's economic resources than it would be beneficial why did he go ahead with the campaign anyway. was motivated by his own sons of leadership he believed he had a mission and almost divine mission a very dark divinity to lead his people to great success and it was this mission that he was going to follow on on a fundamental level he was never really going to listen to advice that he perceived that the soviet union was the enemy and he also believed its resources could be plundered and used for a greater germany at the end of the day he was going to fall about. what were the

consequences of the ultimate failure of operation. it destroyed the german army it destroyed it throughout the will of the majority of its resources were concentrated on the skin front and even after d.-day more free portraits of division and military divisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the biggest battles took place because casualties took place on the low road on the system and more casualties than the city could also replace those cultural to inspect so it became a war of attrition and also. really it was going to be germany that would lose that war and it was this dreaded phrase a war on two fronts wasn't. believed that a war on two fronts could work if you won the war against the soviet union quickly

and of course if it had been won quickly that could have well been the case but once the war started dragging on its nine hundred forty two nine hundred forty three germany it was the worst. that marked which had behaved with a deal of decorum on the western front it's behaved in a completely different way nice didn't it what would you put that out and say well thought of the war the german claim that it was fighting a clean war and it was it was the the units behind the army and it was the us that were doing all the unpleasant stuff that was not true that soldiers on the eastern front would do something and behave decently but many were infected by the race proper conduct towards the strongest towards the jews and the german army i participate in the special status accounts that use against the russian civilian population were certainly knew they were going on and justified i mean the

justification was we were fighting a brutal war of survival. that war with darker than any other war in the twentieth century and. possibly in human history the role played by the union is vastly underappreciated in the west why is that. one part it's the legacy of the cold war surprisingly history is normally written they say by the victors but our view of this part of our history is very strong we get by the germans because the german view became incorporated into the store a perfect thinking in the in with the call. war so there was an underestimation or an unwillingness to recognize the soviet union and it fully and i think the cold war on par with the reason for that but i think the other reason is the scale

is so vast i mean we're talking about twenty seven million and the civilian and military casualties i think the other is some it's simply it's so big the people who struggle to really comprehend it and one of the things i wanted to do in my book is to make that story comprehensible account to give it a human voice so that people can relate rather than that just being a mass of rather overwhelming statistics that's michael james thank you very much thank you. today children play war in the old keys to me. a module nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier from one

thousand troops on their way to moscow. sunders and breasts were dying one by one undersea says some. one. in the last shelter and on main soldier left a few simple words farewell motherland i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. elizabeth. it's.

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aviation experts examine the black box recorders from the russian plane that exploded into flames after a crash in the republic of korea forty four passengers were killed when the tupelo one three four jet came down on the highway just a few hundred meters short of the runway. the greek government survives a critical vote of confidence and it's still in c. drive and it furious protests that the people in the north of parliament so let's now decide whether to impose austerity measures or billions of euros to secure a second bailout. and former soviet republics more than the twenty

seven million victims killed in the fight against hiv for the troops this day seventy years ago nazi invasion of the soviet union and the east the bloodiest conflict in the region's history came and went to the. next it's all insist upon the world of sport with youth in the day to wimbledon turned to me with a mixed bag for the russian players you know and yeah i think that's the best way to describe it. kerry he is the first try and again he's just not having a good year but i tell you what maria shriver but she is playing very very well we're going to have a look at her in just a second. your company this is sports three i mean these are some of our stories in brief this are . off to a flier maria sharapova makes it look easy in her opening clutch at wimbledon

rushing for the russian check the tabs a. schedule a busy road and her brushing premier league football gets underway in a few hours to go to meet round the fixtures before a month long summer break. on foot to the floor former ones most decorated seem for rory to take part in a story drive around the kremlin. more than in just a second but let's start with tennis some maria sharapova is off the mark at the third grand slam of the year the russian won wimbledon as a seventeen year old in two thousand and four and is aiming for more success in london after jumping i can. see in round one no worries for the side period native on center court sharapova dropping just three games on route to a six two six one straight sets the fifth seed meets the winner of the laura robson underneath. it again against an opponent that's

been the top ten before hasn't had their first results this year. don't quite know what to expect because she. had nothing to. match. there's been an emotional comeback to wimbledon for a string a williams the defending champion bursting into tears following a hard fought victory against frenchwoman resign williams recently returned from a long layoff from was pushed hard before taking it six three three six six against one joy and relief all in one for the thirteen time grand slam winner. elsewhere world number one carline wozniacki didn't mess around against trains i run. sun tanya but ten seed some of the stews or she has become the biggest casualty to date crushing our john breeze and melinda sink a player ranked outside the top two hundred. over the men's side of action roger

federer novak djokovic suffered few problems on route to the next stage federer a man for a record tying seventh of all england cry and didn't push himself too hard against . pushed in the swiss embassy. seven six six four six two. is on his way home though the russian sing off by a strictly in teenage prodigy bernard shaw much andy roddick had too much in the time for germany's andrius back while a number russian the country's highest ranked player in london recently i blasted one monaco following a tough five setter and joining him in the next drawing is a joke of it the serbian simply devastating form against france's germany sharky. ok let's leave tennis behind and move to football on the russian premier league with the gains are coming thick and fast these days another packed schedule later on when but right before a month long summer break to moscow darby's to keep things interesting the leading

siesta five of the last have a dozen games in the bag winning them and now would be a welcome lock on the t.v. another all culpable encounter see sports like who's in what will be the visitors' first game. surrogate in charge informs the need to personally post the top two stories in the lead and the chain coupon vogue a travel to a fist twice former champions rued being second from bottom tough welcome on g m car will be favorites to claim oxman points at the expense of rock bottom sport technology crusted are the target for a company that grozny probably is taking to the pitch for the second time with a rude haul it's hard to see tom take on rough stuff. thing with football where it looks as if chelsea are on the verge of unveiling their new manager after porsche and once they have received the twenty million dollars in compensation for the last

bus to quit a strainer off the portuguese champions just yesterday a blues club statement reading quotes we hope to reach agreement with mr veloce boss on personal terms on make a further announcement in the near future end quote the thirty three year old won the treble with porto last season lifting their domestic league title and cup as well as securing the europa league cry and chelsea sacked their previous manager carter launch a lot in the last month if he gets the nod at the last boss would become the youngest monitor ever for british. brings us to rugby russia may be busy preparing for their maiden appearance at the world cup in new zealand in september but another form of the sport rugby sevens will be hitting this very weekend the russian capital will once again host the second of the four stages of the european ground priest series russia said it rolled up the season opening round in last week while england believe the way ahead of spain twelve

teams in all will take part in making for a pot schedule of matches throughout something big and sunday a win on home turf for the young russian team is what they will be aiming for but the ultimate goals are a little bit further in the future. a lot is now being done we've worked out a program for the russian national team as they prepare for the twenty six thousand summer olympics in rio these are the first games to feature a rugby sevens tournament but our main goal now is to in the thirteen were not school siege the world cup and we hope russia will go into these events in top form and produce the best possible result so. ok let's move to formula one where the for a team are being revving up in the russian capital for the first time the marinello i think taking part in the annual moscow city racing event set to the backdrop of red square unless it's the fourth straight year the high octane occasion while the local fans three formula one teams in all making an appearance in the car and former world champion jenson button sitting behind the wheel for the second

straight time at zero. represented. but to the light so motorsport hollister as it was for rory's drive that really heated. thirty eight year old gent physicality doing the almost reference was famous unsuccessful team that's because current research fernando alonso if you can muster are taking a break ahead of july but stage. we believe that these events he's an opportunity to meet the knowledge and the culture over our sport formula one who grew up in new countries these meet. the support of the more understandable and more close to the fans we choose from them in print think for a one on one. all right let's finish things off by taking a look at each and every strike now that flew in this past weekend in the russian

premier league sixteen efforts in all finding their way past the line ending in c.s.k. moscow staying top of the title chart so sit back relax why don't you it's called school or time. clint. was. live. live live. live.

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