it's two thirty pm in moscow these are the top stories on our t.v. a ten year old child who was told from the wreckage of plane crash in northwestern russia has died in hospital that brings the number of those killed in the incident and forty five the news comes as aviation experts examine black box recorders from the passenger jet that exploded into flames in the republic cutting. the greek government survives a critical vote of confidence in its austerity drive and then furious protests that

the will of the people ignored parliament must now decide whether to impose austerity measures worth billions of euros in order to secure a second e.u. bailout. and former soviet republics more in the twenty seven million victims killed in the fight against hitler was troops on this day seventy years ago the nazi invasion of the soviet union unleashed the bloodiest conflict in the region's history which became known as the great patriotic war and. the next we talk to british historian and author dr michael jones well known for his books on world war two he told r.t. what motivated there's decision to invade the soviet union seventy years ago and what helped the soviet 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 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 zone major in the second world war dr james thank you for talking to our see today let's start from the beginning of operation barbarossa why did decide to invade the 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 flights underneath that justification to his military were two main factors the first was hitler's hatred of communism bolshevism and that was what he really put out to europe that 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 you don't want to carve out a living space. and truth expanse of the people he regarded as racially inferior and when he announced operation barbarossa he told his staff that it was a war of annihilation zinni he he thought in time as a war of survival. it was going to be the survival of the fittest and it didn't take and started to realize the consequences and. 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. back to 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 this great blond stalin was not naive but he

thought that germany would not attack in one thousand forty one he thought your type would come late and he believed that he could use this product to develop the soviet union's and sphere of influence and at the same time. the right on me and transfer industry was beyond your own mountains but in fact he got it very very badly wrong and of course the red army was cool d.p. 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 at nine hundred forty one on the right i mean was that sort of. by the order of nine hundred forty one at a loss between two and three million tons of killed in this thing and. i think few are as in the world could you sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not for. this high come on to believe at that point the

soviet union and. what was it that kept the red army. that's 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 was old so moscow would be defended and they would keep fighting but it was also sure to some profound truths and that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a powerful for survival and what was at stake was not just a communist system but russia as a country on the soviet union i was in the boardroom and without really did become a part sure of it war it was unusual time in the red army. devote quite a lot during the time it comes what do you think explains the marked difference in its effectiveness from say nine hundred forty one to for example the starting block in which it secured

a stunning victory but of course that 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 becomes to 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 than the germans still from the doable and i believe there too for it was just the science of war the technical side germany could very well have one at either nine hundred forty one nine hundred forty two put it with the love of the model and it was an extraordinary determination to carry on fighting that the john the underestimated hitler wanted a short sharp shock and that 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 a little off to the will of the german generals just a nonsense we were gods to but at the time many of them agreed with hitler they

thought the war could be over 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 want to bide your time they were carried away by their own successes their previous successes blitzkrieg rightwing war and they believe that if they have the right on many fronts here it will be. but they are underestimated the red army and they underestimated the soviet and i was that a turning point or was it just own sense of the winds having the weather they just want the pats or well the germans blame the weather all the like and you could just seen that one coming but they were caught by surprise and they said the weather rolled them but 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 stupendous on the first turning point was outside moscow and germans expected to take the capital they were later than they thought but they still thought that would on the war and it was the strength and determination of resistance that caught me by surprise how does the campaign hit it was repeatedly advised taking western russia 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 son or of leadership he believed he had a mission 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 that its resources could

be plundered and used for a greater germany at the end of the day he was going to follow. and what were the consequences of the ultimate failure of operation. it destroyed the destroyed. throughout the war the majority of his resources will concentrate on the eastern front and even off to d.-day and more three quarters. divisions of the divisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the biggest battles took place because cultural to took place under. the road on the system more casualties than the joy they could do with replace those conflicts with threats so it became wars. trish ultimately it was going to be germany that would lose that war and it was this dreaded phrase a war on two fronts wasn't it will hit the believed that a war on two fronts could work if you won the war council soviet union quickly and

of course if it had been one quickly that could well be in the chaos but once the war started dragging on into nine hundred forty two nine hundred forty three and germany was worst and the very 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 do you put that down. part of the war the german claim that it was fighting a clean war and it was. the you know it's behind me 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 to you certainly but many were affected by the race proper conduct towards the smallest towards the curious and the german army of the participated in the choice of two special service accounts that you use against the russians really important relationship or certainly knew they were going on.

justified 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 and indeed possibly in human history the role played by the facing hitler is vastly underappreciated in the west why is that. one part it's the legacy of the cold war the surprisingly history is normally written they say by the victors but our view of this part of our history is very strongly to the germans because the german view became incorporated into the historical frank thing . king and me in with the cold war so there was an underestimation or unwillingness to recognize the soviet union and to fully and i think the cold war on part was the

reason for that but i think the other reason is the scale is so far off i mean we're talking about twenty seven million and times the civilian and military casualties i think the other reason some is simply it's so big that people who struggle to really comprehend and one of the things i wanted to do in my book is to make that story comprehensible account and to give it a human voice so that people can relate to rather than that just being i myself for all the overwhelming statistics that's michael james thank you very much thank you .

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million victims were killed in the fight against hitler's troops on this day seventy years ago but not for the invasion of the soviet union unleashed the bloodiest conflict in the region's history which became known as the great patriotic war. but next we get the latest from you know neal and it's all changing here at chelsea tell us more a new manager and yet four years to force a different moment for this year again. on a three year deal to london that's just broken much more not in just a second. thanks for joining us this is sports today i'm you know neal and these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. making moves chelsea confirm hundred coal ash for

us is this side's. nearly done the former portugal head your deal. off to a flyer maria sharapova makes it look easy in her opening clash of wimbledon rushing a russian on a trip to town saying. i'm kicking off sevens rugby touches down in moscow this weekend with the european grand prix in focus. let's get the ball rolling with football where chelsea health confirmed under-developed chabot us is the club's new monitor the former reporter who head will start immediately in west london after signing a three year deal the last boss only left the portuguese champions yesterday signalling from take movement in the english press now the thirty three year old who previously worked as a scotch under two similar review of chelsea want to travel with porto last season securing our domestic league title and cup as well as the europa league the lashing boss is the youngest ever it's not for bridge the same age as players frank lampard

and did you drop but chelsea sacked their previous manager carlo option off the last. now when the russian premier league games are coming thick and fast these days another packed schedule later on wednesday a bit. before a month long summer break to mosque would obviously be things interesting leading serious fast they have won five of the last half a dozen games i welcome the luck of the t.v. another all couple in country see sparks are close to me in what will be the visitors first game with sergei seal in charge informed zim need something to prove who's been pretty close. the top two scores in the league to be entertained coupons get in trouble too because on the face former recent champions from being second from bottom of the table. welcome to high flying g m car they'll be favorites to claim marksman points up the expense of rock bottom no chick crust the dark turk

for company while s.c. time to pop up with. zany meanwhile have confirmed that money will buy or is among their transfer targets this summer months sister city stating they will release their cool bullies if the money is right not to years ago of the buy or was bought from arsenal for a lot of money twenty five million pounds it was meeting city are sure to suffer significant financial losses zinni believed to be ready to offer only i'm not some of the eight million on. the run martin you all have signed a two year deal to take over the managerial reins of english premier league side full on the dutchman stating he's delighted to be going back to work after taking a year long. the. same story every day. where you would like to come back to england so much so that when i lived. right here on the shores of a go. back years let's move to tennis for

maria sharapova is off the mark at the third grand slam of the year the russian one with a seventeen year old in two thousand and four and is aiming for more success and london after jumping i compacted on a chart fatality in round one no worries pretty much at all for the said mary native on center court drop of a drop in just three games on route to a six two six one win the fifth seed meets the winner of the laura robson country kroeber. again against an opponent that's in the top ten before hasn't had the best results this year. don't quite know what to expect because she. had nothing to. match. there's been an emotional comeback to wimbledon first arena williams the defending champion purse thing into tears following a hard fought victory over frenchwoman our being resigned williams recently

returned from a year long crush taking it six three three six six one join a relief all in one for the thirteenth time round winner i. swear a world of one caroline wozniacki didn't mess around against spain's a run chap par a son tanya but can see some other still serve became the biggest casualty so far rushing i took in greece melinda singh here right outside the two. over the men's side of action roger federer and novak djokovic has suffered few difficulties on route to the second stage federer. for a record tying seventh all england karrar not pushing himself too hard against the pushkin the swiss the always winning seven six six six games. and joining the swiss maestro in the next round is novak djokovic the serbian

simply in devastating form against france germany charge a six four six one six three on how the tie wrapped up joker has never reached a wimbledon final. thank you was a man on his way home the russian seen off by australian teenage prodigy bernard so much on the road like too much in the tank for germany's andrius back while a number russian the country's highest ranked player in london usually i blasted one might not go following at the top five seven. russia may be busy preparing for their maiden appearance at the rugby 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 russia set fifth of the season opening on the on last week any and leave the way ahead of spain twelve teams in

all are taking part making up schedule clashes on saturday and sunday when on home turf for the young russian team is of course what they'll be aiming for but the ultimate goals lie further in the future. you know. what a lot has now been done we've worked out a program for the russian national team because they prepare for the twenty sixteen summer olympics in rio these are the first games to feature right mishap installment but our main goal now is twenty thirteen we're not school stage the world cup and we hope russia will go into the seventh in top form and produce the best possible result. that brings us to basketball where one of the most highly anticipated moves of the year has happened spanish hot prospect ricky rubio finally touching down in minneapolis after eight sue your wait a twenty year old inning to change the fortunes of the n.b.a.'s worst team last season. i'm talking to here the most important thing is next year i'm going to play

for minnesota. going to try to ween to try to be a better team i'm so happy to be here india has secured a slight advantage in their first test against the west indies the world cricket champions building up a one hundred sixty four run lead after day two of five the windies resumed their first innings at sabina park on thirty four four one trailing by two hundred twelve runs up a run rush so one was trapped l.b.w. the host the two adrian barrett to take up the slack the twenty one year old raced into a half century before being caught i by indian captain m.s. dhoni here the windies eventually finishing all art for a hundred seventy three that meant india would take a seventy three run lead into their second innings with button and put the home side of seem to understand the perils of giving the number one test season such an advantage the windies collecting an early wicket in the form of murali v.j.

raul dravid would pick up the pace for india but a bit hard for new cones and then d.v.d.'s lots one would fall in quick succession leaving the tourist finishing a day in one thousand one for three day three looks intriguing. and let's finish things off by getting a reminder of each and every strike the through 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 charge sit back relax it is cool or. clint live.

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