everything is seen today, you've been watching all day while all briere this evening at 1:00 a.m. eastern time in the overnight. you'll be able to see the whole thing. go ahead and dial-in for rick atkinson. hubby over here in a minute. in the meantime, we will take a call from fred and plymouth meeting pennsylvania. thanks for holding. what's your question for rick atkinson? >> caller: more of an assessment. my feeling is the great tragedy of world war ii was the entire italian campaign, totally unnecessary huge loss of life. i was wondering mr. atkinson's assessment of mark clark in the way he conducted that campaign. that's basically it. >> host: did you read the day of battle, by the way? >> guest: now, i read the last book, the third book. >> host: the day of battle he spends quite a bit of time on mark clark in the italian campaign. once mr. atkinson gets over here, we will ask him about that. next call is gail in san antonio. >> caller: yes, sir. the question is, why didn't hitler crossed the channel into england? and if he had done so, with the english have used gas? >> ho