it would all take a look at the international headlines not the ten year old victim of a russian plane crash has died in hospital a number of those killed him instantly falls apart the news comes as aviation experts examine the black box recorders for us and britain exploded into flames the public of. the greek government survives a critical vote of confidence or sturdy drive amid furious protests that would have people as we ruled parliaments must now decide whether hazel stone's image was

worth and believes a period to secure a second event about. former soviet republics more me twenty seven million the victims killed in the fight against those troops and scrapes and the news of something from the soviet union from the east the bloodiest conflicts in regions history which became known as the great world. when next we talked to british historian the author a go to michael jones well known for his books on world war two he told r.t. what motivates hitler's decision to invent the same unit seventy years ago want to help the civil troops to win the war. today marks the seventieth anniversary of the start of operation hitler's code name for germany's invasion of the soviet union it became the largest ever military operation both in terms of sheer resources deployed and also in casualties and

michael jones's new book tells the story of the red old me during the second world war dr james thank you for talking to r.t. to say well let's start from the beginning of operation barbarossa why did decide to invade the. always wanted to invade the soviet union the reason he gave was that the soviet union would actually attack germany i think the evidence for that in nineteen forty one flights underneath that just like a shield to his military were two main factors the first was hitler's hatred of communism bolshevism and that was what you really put out to your plate it was a crusade against bolshevism bolshevism was a menace that needed to be destroyed but underneath the real truth about this war was race hatred and if one reads my. book it's clear that.

the kind of living space. and do so at the expense of the people he regarded as racially inferior and when he announced operation barbarossa he told his staff that it was a war. in time as who wore survival. it was going to be the survival of the fittest and it didn't take and started to realize the consequences of that that there would be horrific losses. and that was indeed what happened how unexpected was the invasion i mean hitler and stalin had signs the mall itself ribbentrop pact making them allies onesie allies of course but allies nonetheless they were allies and the soviet union was caught by surprise and this was stalin and his great blunder stalin was not naive but he thought that germany would not attack in nineteen forty one he thought the attack would come late and he believed that he could use this product to develop the soviet union

sounds for the same time really on the right on me and transfer industry is beyond me you're a 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 this is a human story behind the how did it develop militarily during the conflicts at the beginning and nine hundred forty one the road i made was that. by the autumn of one thousand four hundred one of the last between two and three million tons of killed in the same account should i think few of them on as in the world to sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for them and that's how i come on to believe that the soviet union caves and what was it that kept the red army fighting for the sixty four thousand dollar question an

extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was necessary to be tough and the autumn of nineteen forty one and stalin result in moscow would be defended and they would keep fighting. it was a church in some profound triclosan that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a battle for survival and what was at stake was not just a communist system but russia as a country and the soviet union was in the boardroom so it's not and it really did become a part true of it war it was an unusual time in the developed quite a lot during a time of conflict it's what do you think explains the marked difference in its effectiveness from say nine hundred forty one to for example the fact that stalin got in which is secured a stunning victory but of course the technical reasons that the red army in the midst of war is is retraining. and of course it's the worst possible time to do it

but they are doing it and to give them credit this begins to make a difference they transferred their industry as they got them up and running and certainly by the end of stoning broad. and better equipped but the germans still fermentable and i believe their kids it was just the science or the technical side germany could very well have run it either in one nine hundred forty one nine hundred forty two put it with love of them although it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting that the germans underestimated to hit one of the short quick campaign was crucial but it didn't work out like that's a tool that he thought it would all be over and he was not alone off to the will of the german generals just not since we all were against it but at the time many of them agreed with hitler they thought the world could be very quickly in three months and of course we won't make the same mistake as napoleon we won't have

a winter war because we're want to live you with them they were carved away by their own success of their previous successes blitzkrieg brightening war and they believe that if they haven't the right on the front it will be. but they are underestimating the ride on. and the underestimate of the soviet union and was that a turning point or was it just the own sense of the winter in the weather they just weren't prepared for well the germans blame the weather. again and you could have seen that one coming but they were caught by surprise and they said the weather rolled them that in fact i think the weather was part of the story and the other part that was much harder for them to acknowledge was that an army that seemed to feed to demoralize them last in a matter of weeks in fact days turned itself around and started fighting and resisting with japan just on the first turning point was outside moscow the germans

expected to take the capital they were later than they thought but they still thought that would end the war and it was the strength and determination over his assistance that caught me by surprise i had as a campaign hit was repeatedly. taking western russia would in fact. it would be beneficial why did he go ahead with the campaign anyway he was motivated by his own sons of leadership he believed he had a mission almost divine mission a very dark vanity. to lead his people to great success and it was this mission that he was going to follow 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 great future me at the end of the day he was going to follow it up. and what were

the consequences if the ultimate failure of operation. was destroyed the german army had destroyed the spirit throughout the war the majority of germany's resources were concentrated on the eastern front and even after d.-day more three quarters. divisions of the provisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the pickets powerful place because casualties took place and although the red army sustained more casualties than the germans could also replace those casualties spezza so it became a war for attrition and ultimately it was going to be germany that would lose that war and it was this dreaded phrase that war on two fronts wasn't. well it was believed that a war on two fronts could work if you want war against the soviet union quickly and of course if it had been won quickly that could have well being the case but once

the war started dragging on into nineteen forty two nineteen forty three germany was lost and that marked which had behaved with a deal of decorum on the western front it's behaved in a completely different way in the east and what do you put that down see. part of the. 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 that was not true the soldiers on the s. and front decent them behave decently but many were affected by the race proper conduct towards the smallest towards the juniors in the german army the participates in special status against the jews against the russian civilian population were certainly knew they were going on and just a thought i mean the justification was we were fighting

a brutal war of survival. but war with darker than any other war and the twentieth century indeed possibly in human history the role played by the steve even in defeating him is costly underappreciated in the west why is. one part it's the legacy of the cold war that surprisingly history is normally written they say by the victors that view this part of our history very strongly by the germans because the german view became incorporated into the store of course thinking in the with the cold war so there was an underestimation or a willingness to recognize what the soviet union fully and i think the cold war in part was the reason for that but i think the other reason is the scale is so i mean we're talking about twenty seven million and it's the civilian and

military casualties i think the other reason is simply it's so big the people who struggle to really comprehend it one of the things i wanted to do in my book is to make that story comprehensible to give it a human voice so that people can relate just being a mass of rather overwhelming statistics that's michael james thank you very much thank you. the limits. to him in. the

search. committee. was. a children play war in the old case me. but in june one hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier from announcing troops on their way to moscow. to some restless were dying one my mom under siege the son. to want to elect a am. sick of.

the land shelter and on main soldier left a few simple words farewell muslims i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. the song.

a ten year old who was pulled from the wreckage of a russian plane crash has died now in hospital that brings the number of those killed in the instant because news comes as aviation experts examine black box recorders passenger jet blue plane of the area. the greek government survives a critical vote of confidence and it's a sturdy drive and here is protests that are the people in the north of parliament was now deciding whether to impose austerity measures when it is of europe to secure a second and you played out. and former soviet republics more of the twenty seven

million victims killed in the fight against it was troops on this day seventy years ago the hot seat base of the save the union at least the bloodiest conflict region's history ok known as a great patriotic. strength for later stuff in world sport the union and a huge year for russian rugby fans gets into gear this weekend get it yeah of course those fans can we truly scary literally your because the world cup is happening russia first time ever they are going there but this weekend as you rightly say it's seven time we're going to have a look at last night's much more in just a sec. very welcome to sports today i mean these are headlines. all through the flyer maria sharapova makes it look easy in our opening clash of wimbledon rushing fellow russian metric tons of. culture a jewel

a busy round of russian premier league football gets on the way a little later. a fixture for a month long summer break. took to the floor former ones most decorated seem squad for rory to take part in the historic drive of the kremlin. tennis first where maria sharapova is off the mark at the third grand slam of the year now the russian one wimbledon as a seventeen year old in two thousand and four and is aiming for more success in london after dropping our compactor on a day in round one no worries at all for the siberian need of really on center court trouble for dropping just three games on route to a six two six one straight sets win the third seed the winner of the laura robson underneath. it again against an opponent that's been the top twenty four hasn't had the first results this year. don't quite know

what to expect because she. had nothing to lose that she created a. good match. there's been an emotional comeback to wimbledon for serina williams the defending champion bursting into tears following a hard fought victory over frenchwoman a ravine i recently returned from a year long ago. it's been six six one joy and relief all in one for the thirteen time grand slam winner. elsewhere world number one caroline wozniacki didn't mess around against spain's overrun chaffed parson chong yes but ten seats a month or stews or she has become the biggest casualty today crushing i think greece melinda sink appear right outside the top two hundred. over the men's side of action roger federer novak djokovic suffered few difficulties on route to the

second stage federer ending for a record tying seventh all in and probably not pushing himself too hard against. the swiss. seven six six four six games. and joining the swiss maestro there in the next round is novak djokovic it's the serbian simply in devastating form against france's germy shard a six four six one six one hundred high rough jump to paris never reached the. top of denko is a man on his way home the russian signoff biased really intended to cheat bernard tomic chanu brought it here too much in the tank for germany's. back another russian the country's highest right here in london not mikhail youzhny i'd lost it on the day if i won minako following a tough five set encounter. brings us to football on the russian premier league where the games are coming thick and fast these days another packed schedule later

on wed and stay and ultimately run before a month long summer break to last with dory's keeping things interesting leading c.s.k. out moscow they have one fine. all the last half a dozen games on and i welcome a lot more t.v. another all capital in congress the sports factor. in what will be the visitors first games with silicon in charge inform is in need simply just concurrently post the top two scores in the league b. and. vulgar troubleshoot has done to face twice former champions moving second from bottom to top well from high flying on g m carl will be fewer to claim maximum points at the expense of rock bottom start technology trust and are there they have got terek for company while f c. told with the last off in a couple of hours. meanwhile martin you all have signed a two year deal to take over them on a jury of any premier league side fullam has just been stating he is the light had

to be getting back to work after taking a year long break. i don't think so. strange story everybody. everybody knew that they would like to come back to cleveland so much of that when i live. right here on the shores of a go. i bet that terminator himself may be busy preparing for their maiden appearance up the rigby world cup in new zealand in september but another form of the sport rugby sevens will be hitting moscow this very weekend the russian capital once again hosting the second of the four stages of the european grand prix series riseth fifth overall after the season opening round the all last week while in that lead the way ahead of spain twelve teams in all will take part making for a scheduled marches on saturday on sunday when on home turf for the young russian team is what they'll be aiming for but the ultimate goals lie further. i know there's. a lot is now being done we've worked out

a program for the russian national team as they prepare for the twenty sixteen summer olympics in rio these are the first games to feature rugby seven storm and that's our main goal now is to win the thirteen one most school stage the world cup and we hope russia will go into these events in top form and produce the best possible result. ok let's talk basketball where one of the most highly anticipated moves of the year has occurred spanish hot prospect ricky rubio finally touching down in minneapolis after a two year wait the twenty year old aiming to change the fortunes of the n.b.a.'s worst team last season. i'm tall happy to hear the most important thing is next year i'm going to play for minnesota. going to try to wean or try to be a better team i'm so happy to hear ok moving to formula one where team for henri helping revving up in the russian capital for the very first time the marinello wife it taking part in the annual moscow city recent event set the backdrop of red

square it's the fourth straight year of the high octane occasion house while the local funds three formula one teens and on making an appearance torrens former world champion jenson button sitting behind the wheel truth of this second street time. car and shunt off where the representatives from lotus but to the delight of motor sports on the sewers it was ferrari's drive but really heated things up thirty eight year old john carlos as doing the honors for f one successful squad is because racers fernando alonso and three months are taking a break of july. we believe that this event he's an opportunity keep. the no religion in the culture over our sport from the one who grew up. in a new country these meet. the support of the more understandable and then more close to the fans which is the fundamental thing for

a one to one. let's finish things off by getting a reminder of each and every strike that flew in this past weekend in the russian premier league sixteen efforts in all finding their way past the line ending in say eskimo schools playing softball of the title charge so sit back relax it is all sport or time. live. live.

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