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with a thirty train militant. three government wins a vote of confidence as its rivals for support of the savage spending cuts they are required to secure a new e.u. bailout in order to stop all the fall but problems of a greek greece protest against new measures saying their voices are not being heard . but the former soviet republics remember the victims of the war against fascism wednesday march the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of the u.s.s.r. some twenty seven million people died to bring about victory on the eastern front. next door and it sits down with british historian dr michael jones who's written extensively about world war two and shared his knowledge about why hitler invaded the u.s.s.r. . today marks the seventieth anniversary of the start of operation hitler's code name for

germany's invasion all to save the union it became the lower just as a military operation both in terms of sheer resources deployed and also in casualties and michael jones's new book tells the story of the as old me 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 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 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 your plate it was a crusade against bolshevism bolshevism was a man that needed to be destroyed but underneath the real truth of this war was

race hatred and if one reads my income. it's clear that he always wants to carve out a living space. and use the experience 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 didn't mean 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 time to realize the consequences of that that there would be horrific losses. and that was indeed how unexpected it 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's great. stalin was not naive that 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 pact to develop the soviet union's and sphere of influence and at the same time. the right to be on transfer industry has been on the girl mountains but in fact he got it very very badly wrong and of course the red army was caught unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about this is a human story behind the how did it develop militarily during the cold it's only the beginning and nine hundred forty one on the right i mean was that. by the autumn of one thousand nine hundred one of the last between two and three million tons of killed in the same shit i think few of our own is in the world could you sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for. this high commodity to believe at that point the soviet union.

and what was it that kept the rats on the slicing. 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 which midnight shameful working on and startling results in moscow would be to fund it and there keep fighting but it was also sure to some profound truth to see that the red army for college from the initial crisis realized it was a powerful for survival and what was the state with not just the communist system but russia as a country in the soviet union i was in the boardroom without really did become a part of it war it was unusual time in the right to vote quite so lots. 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 populace starting right in which

it secured a stunning victory but of course that technical reasons to 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. better trained and better equipped than the germans still a formidable foe and i believe that if it was just the science or the technical side germany could very well have won it either nine hundred forty one zero nine hundred forty two put it with the love of the model and it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting the underestimated hitler wanted a short sharp shock and quick campaign was crucial but it didn't work out like that it's cool that he thought it would all be over and he was not alone after the will of the german general was just a nonsense 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 because no toady and we won't have a winter war because we want to live you with them they were carried away by their own successes their previous successes blitzkrieg lightning war and they believe that if they hum of the road on the other fronts here it will be. that they are underestimated the red army and they underestimated the soviet union and was that a turning point or was it just sets of the winter in the weather they just weren't prepared for well the germans blame the weather. and you could use props in 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. henri 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 and five days turned itself around and started fighting and

resisting with stupendous power and 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 of resistance that caught me by surprise i had as a campaign hit was repeatedly 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. it 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 that from sources complete

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 of the ultimate failure of operation. it destroyed the german army it destroyed the. throughout the war the majority of germany with resources with concentrated on the front even after d.-day more frequent it's. division its military divisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the biggest battles took place they could schedule to place under. the road on a sustained more casualties than the joy they could also replace those casualty expects so it became a war of attrition and also. really it was going to be germany that would lead us that way and it was this dreaded phrase a war on two fronts wasn't. brought hitler believed that

a war on two fronts could work if you won the war i can't see the soviet union quickly and of course if i'm on quickly that could well be the case but once the war started dragging on until nine hundred forty two nine hundred forty three germany was the worst 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 didn't it what do you put that down stream well part of the war the germans claimed it was fighting a clean war and it was it was the units behind the army and it was the us that were doing all the unpleasant stuff that that was not true that soldiers on the eastern front with decent behave decently but many were infected by the race proper conduct towards the smallest who was the cutest in the german army the participate in atrocities special centers against the jews against the russian civilian population

or certainly knew they were going on. justified i mean the justification was we were fighting a brutal war of survival. but the war with darker than any other war in the twentieth century and indeed possibly in human history the role played by the soviet union defacing is vastly underappreciated in the west why is that. one part is 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 strongly determined by the germans because the german view became incorporated into the store thinking in the in with the call. war so there was an underestimation or unfun willingness to recognize what the soviet union to fully and i think the cold war on part was the

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

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. the future coverage. they faced it this is not a provocation but warned. the forces that he should step in what is sure to suppress the tree speaks of they have no idea about the hardships to face. they wanted to says it all to tunis and put in the army the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. nineteen forty five go on cheat dot com.

mine. would be soo much brighter than if you remove the sun from france to the french and it's. nice for instance on t.v. dot com. hello welcome to the sports news on a busy day of football and rain delays in the tell us that wimbledon and here at headline. news special one under a bit of boaz is confirmed as the new chelsea manager of the moving from who also won a three year deal. plus off to a flaw in our maria sharapova clashes russian compacted an attack that goes through to the second round at wimbledon on the great delays on day three. and kicking off the seventh rugby touches down in moscow this weekend with the european drumcree.

but first a couple and chelsea have confirmed under a bus as the club's new manager the former quarter i head to will start work immediately in west london after signing a three year deal following his departure from the coach's champions on cheese day the thirty three year old who previously worked as a scout under jos a marine you actually want to travel with porto last season securing the domestically title and cup as well as the europa league crown flash for us is the youngest ever manager at stanford bridge the same age as biased frank one part and today drogba the blues sacked their previous coach controversy last month. now this wednesday there is a patch program in the russian premier league and also around before a month long summer break and about off the next day late penalty is ten man ross the group long wanted song and later there are two moscow darby's. league leaders say scott has won five of the last six games and welcome both of my t.v. spots like his dilemma what will be the business first game if that is so in charge

informed that it's in petersburg you currently boast the least two top scorers entertain the band boulder travel to twice former champions rubin second bottom clear as the better off welcome to high flying and she and caused rock bottom start ideology and class and uptake on frederick. well he wasn't have confirmed emmanuel adebayor or is among their transfer interests this summer with manchester city saying they will release the togas star if the money is right out of what i always bought from aston for twenty five million pounds two years ago being city are set to suffer a significant financial loss on the player is in need are believed to be ready to offer only a maximum of eight million pounds. meanwhile former tottenham boss martin yall has signed a two year deal to become manager of fellow english premier league side for them and the fifty five year old dutchman says he is delighted to be going back to work after taking a year long break. and the. same story every day. where

you would like completely to sit in with our lives. right here are the source of a very. tennis now and five former champion venus williams is being taken the distance in her second round match at wimbledon by the forty year old chemical darty crown there in the deciding third set recovered center court this is the only match being played at the moment at the tournament as the rest of the action has been postponed due to the rain in london while on a day to maria hsia preferred who won wimbledon at the age of seventeen in two thousand and four east her way into round to this year with a comfortable victory over russian congratulates an attack but i would say there were no worries for the on center court trap of a truck just three games are twelve six two six one when russia will now meet i that laura robson can take them back. here again against an opponent that's been the tops and the four hasn't had the best results this year. don't quite know

what to expect because she'd come out in the match and have nothing to. and there was an emotional returns in wimbledon for serena williams the defending champion burst into tears following a hard fought victory over french out of unresigned williams recently came back to the sport after a year long injury layoff it was tried before taking the match six three three six six one so it was joy and relief all in one for the thirteen time grand slam winner . well it was the first match of the season on grass because the ask a bunch of the top ranked dane was an easy six two six one winner you could spend a bunch of had a sense on your first step towards have a grandson. proper action and serve pretty well broke the conditions were pretty awful thing there is one point where you don't hear the roar of the almost didn't come or go who promote explosions through. so you know. about this girl so.

well be ready for the next match still. however ten seasons a stoner became the biggest casualty so far after crashing out of two hundred melinda zink they are right outside the top two hundred. and over on the men's side roger federer and novak djokovic has suffered few difficulties are reached the second round that era has a been for a record tying seventh all england and didn't push himself too hard against. the action and the swiss was always in control in the seven six six four sixty finals as there is talk about the serbian was in devastating for me against france and germany shaadi six four six one six one was how the tie wrapped up never both reached the final. for me one o'clock that evening carries on his way home the russian was seen off by a stray and teenage prodigy but not to make however andy roddick cruised past germany's and placed back on russia's high seas because usually at last it won when

arco following a tough five setter. basketball now and unveils two new. signing soon that hope will once again make the russian tribe a force to be reckoned with in europe and moscow at it enjoyed a wretched season last time out as they fail to get past the first hurdle of the year only which has more. pulling says cast was campaigning in a decade for the club has been quick to wax moon of grease peach and sunny a team to try and help the team to batter advantage of the best clubs from around the continent. who's come off a stellar season in the french league said to join a team like serious car was a no brainer this is a team full of great players and you know i know my role is going to be different this year than it was you know the last two years or france or you know that's the best part of the challenge as as a player and as part of what we want to have a better careers is just killings less of

a role but in the bigger picture so on my side about that you know i feel like you know this is the organization that you want to be in so if you want to get to the final for the your league peace speech serious can have a quite a man with massive experience he's played for the oklahoma city thunder for three seasons and will be a great addition to the scoreboard especially following the departure of fiction trajan langdon what jail holden and more this are also expected to leave in moscow i don't think it's served says he had offers to stay in the n.b.a. but said his desire to win trophies was why he joined the army. to one of the main reason. i came here to treat your well you treated me like a russian again you are trying to win there we came here and. i have opportunity to play. one of the you know and his team and that's one thing i was missing in him being stooges likely to be a starter and serious crimes go to man neil will probably have to be content with

playing time on the court however the american center is his birth to tell if he could prove to be a major plus point of the army when i do. i just want a child instead of the team one where there's a revolving score in the ball or past in the wall or playing deep. enough to like on this team i can really help you know in a lot of different ways people is is not so much pressure on one individual guy each game but as a collective. we can file ways to do a lot of little things to help this team with a serious crime or a club in transition but many of the old guard stepping down are weatherby only minute and quick to replace some of the best talent from around europe as baylor to regain their place and once europe's elite after last season's let's and satisfactory campaign which we don't see moscow. and natalie one of the most highly anticipated news of the year in the n.b.a. spanish hot prospects ricky rubio finally touched down in minneapolis after a two year wait and the twenty year old is aiming to change the fortunes of the

team that finished bottom of the league last season the minnesota timberwolves. i'm talking happy to hear the most important thing is next year i'm going to play for minnesota. going to try to wean try to be a better team i'm so happy to be here. moving on to cycling and with just ten days to go before the start of the tour de france british writer mark cavendish says he's itching to finally convert his numerous stage wins into the elusive green jersey that goes to the points winner last year's race was won by under-fire start alberto contador is also the favorites to retain the overall winner's yellow jersey but it was cavendish who knocked up five stage victories including the final ride through paris which was more than any other rider and took his overall tally to an impressive fifteen in three years however the king of sprint had to settle for a disappointing second place in the points classification over the twenty six year old is all set to go one better next month making sounds on the coveted green

jersey like the one he claims in last year's tour of spain. i am going for the green jersey i have gone for the green jersey you're asked to use it's just my way you get my green jersey used to try and win as many stages possible which technically there's more points on offer for stage win so technically you should come out on top on the housing mean a case last two years so i am got the job i only got the green jersey but it's not free not try and my tactics of getting it was how i did it. now russia may be busy preparing for their made an appearance at the rugby world cup in new zealand in september but another form of the sport rugby sevens will be hitting moscow this weekend but russian capital is once again hosting the second of the four stages of you on creasy is russia off this overall after the season opening round the all last week england are leading the way ahead of spain twelve teams are taking parts making for a patch of matches on saturday and sunday and then went on home turf of the young russian team is what they'll be aiming for the ultimate goals by 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 sixteen summer olympics in rio these are the first games to feature rogne seven storm and it's all main goal now twenty thirteen when moscow will stage the world cup and we hope russia will go into these event in top form and produce the best possible result. and that's all this person i think for. wealthy british style.

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