and i found out that it was the port of algiers in north africa.y scary for an 18—year— old boy who had never been out of north shields. yeah, but because we had been trained to do what we had to do, we just got on with it. you know, i mean, if the sergeant saysjump, you said, "how high?" and we just did whatever we were told to do. and that's the easiest way to get on in the army. if the sergeant or the corporal says, "do it," you do it. a lot of the time i was trained in weapons, but because i had a little bit of a problem with one of my eyes, they thought that a rifle wasn't a good idea for me. and so they put me on bren guns. in fact, for a period of time in africa... ..i was a twin bren gunner, and that meant that i was sitting on a very small vehicle with two bren guns pointing backwards... with the convoy in front and i was like tail end tommy, watching for aircraft, attacking from behind. or if i was at the front, then i did the same again. but they thought because of the eye problem that i was better with the twin bren guns rather than wit

pittsburgh, which seems to be keen because it wanted to buy for sure public not that long ago sled here in algiers. her, i corner below in manila were tens of thousands of her sercer calling from higher wages. and we looked at how john love of seaweed is cause you stink. ah hello, there is more heat flooding into the north of africa in the new week. but before we get there, let's have a look at the middle east and levant, and we see some recovery to temperatures across the levant, as the worst of wet windy and when she weather pushes its way further east. across the caucuses, some one coming back into western parts of turkey, but the temperature is still below the average in ankara, temperatures. it's set to come down in place like iraq, as well as q weight and katara. that's thanks to a bit of a breezy wind blowing down, kicking up a lot of dust. we could see some hazy sunshine across southern part of saudi arabia into tuesday. now as we move to the north of africa, the heat is the story here, but bits and pieces of rain from a weather system across the mediterranean, dripping down into new z, pu

he served as consul to algiers and died in paris. 1792 at the end of at the time of his death, he had been mummified and placed in a lead lined casket buried in a churchyard but that church's property had been sold and nobody knew where the casket had ended up. in 1905, a team organized by the u.s. ambassador to france discovered where the coffin was. it was exhumed and. two forensic doctors declared that fact. they were confident that it was john paul jones, an arrangements were made to return jones to the united states with tr support. the american embassy in france began the preparations for the return. the casket was given a hero's parade through paris and sent on his voyage to america and arrangements were then to insure the body on the grounds of. the naval academy in with the hope that the crypt would become significant site of respect d admiration and not simply for jones as, a leader, but for the navy tha tr and others felt continued. jones's jones's jones's legacy ofriotic heroism. professor articles on this provide great analysis of achers use of the social science, literat

on that day , 4,000 people in algiers fit there; they fed kennedy with special feelings and declaredll flags were at half mast the us ambassador to egypt said that in his opinion the egyptians saw in kennedy the best that there is in the americans, what for ordinary egyptians kennedy embodied kennedy's ideal of america in a meeting with french journalist jean daniel. he exclaimed the news. now everything will change. when khrushchev came to the american embassy to express his condolences, according to eyewitnesses, did he barely hold back his tears? robert kennedy understood that after the death of his brother , relations with the soviet union would be on the verge. my father wanted to send it that our family understands the soviet union is not involved in the murder. in other words, it was the cia or the forces associated with the cia on the day of his brother's death. my father immediately called the duty officer to a cia officer at langley, and directly asked them that this nightmare was arranged by your people. we know everything that bobby did on that terrible day on november 22

he had the command for two months long enough to take it through torch and do very well and taking algiers in algeria promoted in december of 19 4042. he was 591 on a list of 592 and seniority of brigadier generals in the army. but as soon they got pinned on general clark, grabbed them again, established the fifth army training center, which all the troops for sicily and italy then was partially because he was an expert help the various divisions helped third division go into sicily, operating the beachhead. then in september he worked for general fred walker, taking the 36th in and helped organize that rather chaotic beachhead as the as the germans counter-attacked and then finally was assigned as the assistant division commander to general trust up to truscott for the last fighting in italy before the division pulled out, per franco, and then in oslo, once general lucas removed truscott promoted, he command of the third division, he fought it through. the breakthrough at anzio up into rome. and then they were pulled out to prepare for southern france. the rest is history that much you kn

communications and again of radar to ensure that the allies are able to get there into casablanca and algiers and then on to sicily and then on to italy for the steady encroachment of the third reich from all sorts of ways. but it isn't that easy mission gentlemen, and i just do dislike people who say with the conquest of north africa. you could move on because the conquest of north africa is a very detailed story with with at last the domination of the air over western europe by february 1944. you could allow the normandy landings. so it's all of it fits together if you're willing to try to fit it together. and those are of course very often the best form of historical explanations is where you take a great deal of historical material and you take the events in within the bardelian framework and you try to explain them at all the different levels on which they operate. yes it is. however rejoicing to historian ladies and gentlemen when you find something like that report of a commander of the ons-5 convoy or when you find a report of a report of the us marine saying that the landing craft in

and they're going to work with algiers and tunisia in order to try and make it happen.l western nations moving forward for europe. but but the reality is mer— for europe. but but the reality is that 600,000 _ for europe. but but the reality is that 600,000 net- c. but but the reality is that 600,000 net is mostly mebe— is that 600,000 net is mostly meee eb— is that 600,000 net is mostly meee wb er— is that 600,000 net is mostly made up of people. we have mvbree— made up of people. we have invited over— made up of people. we have invited over to— made up of people. we have invited over to this country. i bevem-r— invited over to this country. i haven't invited _ invited over to this country. i haven't invited them.- invited over to this country. i haven't invited them. might well, they well, they have been ianed well, they well, they have been invited over. if you're going to go invited over. if you're going to see me— invited over. if you're going to see me e— invited over. if you're going to go into a hospital— invited over. if you're going to go into a hospital or- ai

and they're going to work with algiers and tunisia in order to try and make it happen.l western nations moving forward for europe. but but the reality is mer— for europe. but but the reality is that 600,000 _ for europe. but but the reality is that 600,000 net- c. but but the reality is that 600,000 net is mostly mebe— is that 600,000 net is mostly meee eb— is that 600,000 net is mostly meee wb er— is that 600,000 net is mostly made up of people. we have mvbree— made up of people. we have invited over— made up of people. we have invited over to— made up of people. we have invited over to this country. i bevem-r— invited over to this country. i haven't invited _ invited over to this country. i haven't invited them.- invited over to this country. i haven't invited them. might well, they well, they have been ianed well, they well, they have been invited over. if you're going to go invited over. if you're going to see me— invited over. if you're going to see me e— invited over. if you're going to go into a hospital— invited over. if you're going to go into a hospital or- ai