the overnight tax anymore. so those those parts of it as well. so sealed and arrow operation. what heard in several residential areas? yes. hi. good conducted by several dozen is ready as well. targeting commanders from the jazz jihad is moving as was the farm. is that to me, i was in group, has confirmed the dest describing the deceased, as mazda is the head from political alice, and i've done enrollment in that cash. it says that caring, savannah is part of israel's ministry strategy. at this point, it just depends upon when and how the palestinian groups respond. if it is just the palestinian, this moment you had because they are the only group that have been targeted. if it is just them to respond at this point, garza will come out of this escalation looking brother week. and that's why they're,

they have to wait to be on groups in order to respond. at this point. the israelis are looking to drag in multiple friends since the war, even though there has been a large civilian death. putting children in and women so been killed. they were looking just to target a few members of the sonics who had newsmen. and so they were caught off guard as they now need to implement a plan which will not just get people killed in the gaza strip. because israel doesn't care, especially when targeting the as long as you had movements with killing civilians. in fact, this is part of the strategy that's over this news. i'll also cover them is that 30 day that's up next to the fullest list will be back at the, the out. the

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a much naya the bone. so we went to my doom and that was my i am safely so glad the which is the team that does the styles is the duty of buying it. so the consumption to buy the specific store shortly concerning the, the, throughout the world wrong. so people have the end of the war in your it is 5 years and more since march the years of suffering and death and sacrifice. now, the war against germany is a moment in history that will never be forgotten. a victory that came, nothing movement too soon across through it and the soviet union,

the price for freedom turned the red with the blood of $27000000.00 soviet soldiers and civilians. on the other side of the world, more than half a 1000000 soldiers from africa make the same fate sacrificing their lives to fight the spread of notes of them. it was captured by the germans by field marshal ramos . in non december 1941, he was se detroit dean, libya. and in fact it was one of those with kemp justifies a force as well from selina. well, lots and lots of them never came back to young boys. 18 years old would have been unimaginable for the catastrophe for people in africa to imagine that the nazis could have won the war. because it would have extended systemic racism around the world. and, and would have very hopes of african people

a fault for having an equal opportunity to be called tom dependents, to kind of hello and welcome to this week's african now. so when we look at who, how and we victims full for the associates during the great patriotic rule. this week we come to you from west pox in between, johannes, but we 630 soldiers from south africa, button east africa. and bob with india, greece, poland, and the former yugoslavia are buried behind the most african campaign spend 3 years from 219142 may 1943 and include a campaigns, fulton, and libya and egyptian visits and america area and to miss yes. if we just its climax at l. a main in egypt when which is common with forces under the command of lieutenant general been on montgomery inflicted a decisive defeat on general owen, almost as a cold and false to swims into tennis. yet this prevented the northeast from

advancing into africa full. the soldiers who survived many would suffer from an lifetime of nice maze. fits especially that grace is the most recent vixen. to be buried in johannesburg. vixen shape a move tom experiences with his children, grandchildren. we thank you so much for your time. maybe if you can just start by telling us what were you doing during the sick and both? well, during the 2nd world war i went to become a pilot. but unfortunately, i had problem with this one. i had, i was filed a test and i had to do something over the little i have, i was in the army, so this i just followed it and we went up to drop it at the end if it was on the air force base. and we, we try and pilots proof of pilots. well, lot tell you a lot of them never came back to young boys are 18 years old. we treasure is to

take them to become pilots. some of their office in labs a lot came back. but it was really, it was very upsetting, it wasn't the easiest task, a tool. and just how important was the contribution of african fights is both black and white to defeat often autism during the 2nd world war. you know, one thing when you're in the army, there was no such thing as black and white. you were in the army. you were so just together. we will kid one. when i'm to is to say destroying autism. and maybe tell us, was there any cooperation, old co ordination between the soviet armies and the african armies? well, good. we were fighting the same will. they will 5 years from big country and we will find the use from, from africa. and just how important was it that to both sides for to during that time, let's say for example, if the soviet war and africa hadn't won what the will still be over. this is very

difficult to answer the question like with the, the survey. that's great. you do german or you got into your got into as into germany and we, we met the and that was it and do thing that to be solve you working together with the african armies of contributed to the end of the 2nd world war course wizard. we fought the war and we ended the war. and the reason we wait one, the peace and just lost the really what do you think victory day means for you? and what do you feel about what the soviets did during the time of victory day means a lot to me for the simple reason what the nazis just to everybody. i mean they killed so many people. they destroyed them, put them in concentration, comes, killed them, and the, the doctor is always happy that the thing was over and read the story of the

african soldiers also fault in the east african campaign to the west and visit an ottoman so easily. but many were taken prisoner of war. as was kenneth phillips father, he joined the army and he joined the unit covey, t h a which was a trans fall force. so tillery, that was formed in 19 o. 4. in the 191939, he saw what was happening in europe. the 1941. he was in the battle of in the west and visit with the british army. and the reason for the food army and they were captured to brook. but before to procure to main vessels, the best loved city was a and being the battle of to brook. and were captured by the germans by field marshal romo. non december 1941,

and then they would take him to germany to prison of wilkins, the prison of boot camp, which was called style like h c. so gun, yes. done. that gives it word for prison of what comes for non commissioned offices . so that is non commissioned officers and private offices when 2 different prisoners in the prison of wilkins. they didn't have a holiday, but they weren't that badly treated compared to concentration camps, which were all over germany. and you know, you would get some people who come back from prison of all comes that wouldn't talk about it. my father love to talk about it and be locked to help people. because you saw what happened to him. and he had respectful every body, thousands died, millions died, and in his unit a lot of people died. he just wanted everyone to be respected on it and remembered when he came back to south africa joins an organization called the mux m o t h

memorable or the often hex. and that was for any veteran was any war. i think old war veterans have not been on it and remember correctly. just as an example, i saw the movie born on the 4th of july of all american veterans coming back from vietnam and they weren't looked off the. they never had the media call. they may have, they had food, any of it had housing, and these are the people that saved the country. thousands was sent to a foreign country. the same is out people in, in, in 19, thirty's and forty's, when the significant army was fighting with the british overseas. in the border was contin. sue's way, all these guys i personally field haven't got the recognition of the status is assessed often ignored is the contribution of black african soldiers to the 2nd

world war. more than a 1000000 served in colonial armies, enlisted by pushing phones and belgium, some served in africa or europe. as his fault in the battle grounds in the middle east was far afield as india may in law and the pacific islands. many were wounded or killed. the services have been really acknowledged by the governments of the former colonizers in south africa, the well known 61 to family, was among the we are coming to you at the heroes, a current in avalon symmetry. and so we're trying to spec, next to me is the symmetry or rather the grave sites. a frank? um, so while the one of the fighters and the heroes of south africa in fact, of the globe because the frank did 5 to 2 being the world war 2. and as one of those he wrote was that we continue to remember. and today we decided to take the stay and to visit his family to get a sense off of those memories and those beautiful times that they spin together.

frank's the while it was and admired sol joe who for to gains many world war 2 and continued his fight for freedom and his contribution to the successful defeat of the apache government. his family remembers him as the ultimate, hugo, and fighter in pennsylvania, or the 2nd world, all west part of the native contingent native call. and that was billed by the some of the, again, i'm the then they didn't allow africans to be sort of just per se. so they recruited advocates to be stretch, had their us drive us maybe course and paid to jobs like that. and so why they had involved in 1940 and, and before fought in this particular case for the, for me very states or he liked or does everything that he

does have to be precise. you don't make mistakes with him. and he was, this man would say, i don't have a feeling that industry pick up your foot in the classes due to what you said. i don't think whatever he is. he's so stinking piece because of what he sees happening at this moment. when he fought for this country, when he allowed teeth for them to leave this country to court and fight with anybody. so i think so friday i knew about him being 1975 when he had send he se, delta and a dog had him law to come and look for the son who was standing. it'd be still silent. and i was a commander already there of m k and a see fun. it took us a flag, was one of those that i used to come inside and outside the contract to recruit for

m k. p was say, the pride in a libya. and in fact, it was one of those we had come checked by the forces of misleading. so after the 2nd world war. so finally came back and he was one of those who in the club nice as pure soul just and we're giving a bicycle. if you, you had been waking, a quote, it bleed into sports, but they do join is big concept. it sets build houses here in dooley. and that's why this part of 2000000000. so which is called the muscle, it with the soldiers as we're living. and he kept his comrades together. i'm told they used to much up and down the streets when ever, vic, today came every year. and that, that, that i think influenced the young people in this area to join em key when it does positive work to do so. we don't talk enough about what fate that right.

like for instance, i think my, my view to, to little, i called teeth. the 1st of all that ship is this mandy that sang. and i didn't know how many lives we lost the we need to commemorate that every single year. we don't need a public holiday or anything, but it should be something that's published. we should find the families of the soldiers and into the even at least 2 families. it'd be not the interest to show that. we appreciate the struggle, you know, and it wasn't even our struggle necessarily. but just to say, hey, it is a 0 sacrifice. and we appreciate that. we appreciate the fact that you will never get to meet your grandparents or you agree with grandparents. but this is how they mean by them. so i think you would want to be remember by how democratic governments all solve actually type sense. because here we talking about people who really crowded in the neighboring pages. protector is this way. i can remember the trying that end by sitting down, people radically did and they never really good benefit. so. so while it to his day

and time was thing, live boost benefits beat the quote to what the white so its just were having. they were given pieces of land and the with you up with a canal. so what, how come as to tell them that the codes that i would venture? they were linked up with the color coded color. just they were linked up with the bank. so that assisted them to build up properties and businesses. and he was saying, why is it that the government of south africa with this big expanse of land, easily given this media, 2 bedrooms, pieces of land. we're not talking about anybody owning 3000 heck test 2000 heck, just we talking about entering to have tests just so that they can have a livelihood. in that case, you remove this whole program off. how are you taking my children to school? how are you taking my children to have because you are creating a sustainable livelihood for the transfer? unfortunately, it's not happening now before gets the most african soldiers in the public history

. awful to was marx an accident. in fact, it was an outcome actively sought by the british government. joining us now to unpack that in greater detail, as expert as lawyer profess the andre thomas house. thank you so much for your time for face. so now maybe we can just start by telling us what to do. contribution of african region. this was in world war 2 as well in terms of the box, 1000000 african soldiers offering world war 2 on the side of the allied forces against the texas forces, which are from a debt by germany in south africa. it was in july 1940 and because of the lack of volunteer, so like for them to us for young smotts. well f a alongside the british was a 1940 that a modern european african soldiers initiative sausage and the recruiter

at the end of the day about 80000 soldiers that force in east africa in north africa. and in some smaller episodes in europe. all those uh, most, regrettably, about 2 and a half 1000 lost their lives. and why do you think african benjamin's got involved in this war to begin with? well, let us remember that in 1940, there were no independent countries in africa. the entire continental stuff divided into colonial territories. and an african people didn't have a site that didn't have a choice that didn't have a political representation. and they were mostly recruited um to make up for like all of white volunteers that what operating welcomes, there was a lot of racial istic, prejudiced against them that were mostly used in mimeo rolls to a restaurant spot to. ready assist to preparing motor vehicles areas between us to

be cooks. so segregation, i'm sure the racism obviously continued throughout the time of world war 2. if he left the legacy of the you said legacy that the, the african soldiers that came back with flawless or not. and the white soldiers like soldiers install that freakonomics, he got a generous rewards and compensation like a government sponsored house. uh black soldiers. moment he got a bicycle, a and many black assets and soldiers for 2 brave b in the war. but many of the main, i know we're still about is suffering. why do you think that is the case? well, a few 100 measurements where it was to, to african photos. and those soldiers showed great bravery. what i think is most important for us when we think of this episode in history, is that the pots, a patient of these 80000 black africans, black south africans contributed greatly to their, their conscience,

to the realization that racism had. no, no foundation had no basis in science, that the white soldiers next to them was suffering just as much as they were, was dying just as miserably with just as much pain. the pain of a white person is exactly the same as the pain of a black person. and if it really resulted off to the role in the fifty's to a new black consciousness to people saying we all equal and, and we felt equally to defend that use like democracy values like individual freedoms, human rights, alongside white solve this. and now we've come back and why should these freedoms to use the to use? these are very precious principles, must apply to us. so yes, the pots, the patient of black, south african soldiers and world war 2 contributed to the ensuing liberation world

. from the 1950s been in south africa, and that was really an, an unintended but the most important consequence of this contribution. and how much is the victory of soviet union against the nazi germany? i'm celebrated in africa and how important is it to africa? well, for 1st year and i for intellectuals in africa, but, but most people with an interest in history and what is happening around them. and it became very quickly clear that the german nazi ideology was just a systemic exaltation of basic racism. because the nazi ideology is grounded on the premises theory that a sudden estimate group of defendants off a certain ethnic makeup would be superior and would have a natural right to to golf on entrance slave others. the most horrible addict

stream foremost this was the declaration at the beginning of the invasion of the soviet union by the german army. the declaration by at all 59. a decree that the geneva conventions many 10 wolfish should not apply to russian people because they could not be considered fully human. at this extreme form of racism, of course, in africa contributed very, very greatly to the sense of, of injustice and to the need to to overcome colonialism meant to overcome and states ma'am, which many parts of africa, including former tehan calling the somalia. today was it instead of appreciate the historical victory of the soviet union and the importance of remembering it during the world war restaurant announcement of citizens. meanwhile, russia and it's a, the congress managed to defeat the german forces. so the russian shows celebrate

the victory getting so it makes complete sense for the government of russia to celebrate to this historic day, especially because of the war 19th germany drew his world war 2 of the city literally nay. it is unfortunately, that the world war 2 happened. seizing doubts the lives of millions of people. it is great on, for i seems to be happy. and to celebrate that, think she over to him any. by the way, it's set to build a monument on entering russia's victory in the world war 2 and the african me zimm, currently being constructed right here behind me in the capital pod audit. and if it is ducky and on paper, and if it last as long as that paper is an off. but if you can actually have something that um, hold on just paper something around which people can actually stand and have a conversation. something that will have aspects of it,

something that is 3 dimensional. have i schedule that people can look at talks and, and re now rates a very important milestones in the development of our country in the, in the evolution of our history. that option a gives it a sense of permanence that will allow it to be edged in our brains and, and mocked in, in, you know, psyche in such a way that we won't be able to forget in the place of those who are assistive assisted us to be where we are, will forever be remembered, and will always be there for us to, to, to, to, to recognize. well, that brings us to the end of this week showed we pay tribute to the men and women who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield. and the millions of civilians lost. they loved ones. next week, weeks full of the persecution of christianity on the african continent. and the

efforts being taken by communities to save it until then for me in the team here at africa now, goodbye. i wish that franklin 0 style had left to see this day. a generalized bizarre informs me, that the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nation. the flags of freedom lie all over europe. the such. a high quality of life to my destination is having the necessary conditions here. unless you can restore immersion in terms of the number of hours available in a week or contact can being pretty sure which in, which is why i would say to be conscious of your existence. we take is

a kind of centralize or existence. or can we put it shows you all the adults and it means one thing, what's long incorrect, and we've, you purchased it. mean to know that some way. so if the, if you're still exploring the thomas, you need something else at the moment because at o without to see you are essentially a mundane person and shy, pronounce that as well. some of the the 1935 fast is easily led by dictator benito mussolini. decided to expand its colonial empire in africa and take over ethiopia. by that time, l. p. a was the only fully independent states on the continent. back in 1896,

its inhabitants were able to veto young colonists and defend their independence. since then, rome craved for revenge before the humiliating defeat. in the morning of october 3, 1935. without any announcement, the foxes attacked ethiopia and bombarded it most severely. d. d. o. b an armed forces bod, courageously. but the roots allergy of the italians knew no bounds. they use not only massive bombing attacks on civilians, but also chemical weapons, toxic gases. this change the course of the war. as a result of the occupation of ethiopia, by the fastest 760000 people were killed. the capture of the african state was committed with europe's tacit approval. britain and france recognize the annexation, giving the green light to a further fastest expansion in the world. and davy,

and the way for the outbreak of world war 2, the hello i'm, i'm are coming to you live from las vegas today is a 3 day to memorizing the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2. i'm remembering those, the for them, the soviet union alone lost more than 20000000 people in the conflict 78 years ago today. the who risk by sophie europe came to his official and just a few months ahead of the conclusion of the pacific funds with the surrender of acts as power. japan. on this solemn day, who remember the soldiers, pauses ends, and the civilians who gave their lives in the fight for their homeland.

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