at the time, western allied forces under allied commander eisenhower were still stuck on the rhine, 300 miles away from berlin. this is where we are at the time and here's where the soviets are. there is a real discrepancy in who is closer to berlin. butúy!l smashed their way deep into the reich itself, over running the exposed provinces of east prussia and the coastal province of pomerania, and coming again to rest on the line of the rivers. seizing the german capital first was thus extremely unlikely for the western allies short of some miracle, but it was also a highly risky operation that i would argue it was kind of foreign to eisenhower's sober sense of strategy. eisenhower does take his share risks in the war, but by and large the operations on the map are not what you would consider napoleon ask in the chances they take and the risks they are willing to court. there is a little 1967 book by stephen ambrose, he's one of the fathers of this museum along with our own nick mueller. steven ambrose wrote a little book called eisenhower in berlin, 1945, the decision to halt at the elbe

the question i would like to start out with, were talking about our allies, certainly the allies do not share the same priorities or view the problem in the same way, what are some of the areas in which different countries may prioritize the challenges differently or see the problems differently and for example the u.s. about china's capabilities than other countries and i would like to start with you and then after sarah answers please feel free to jump in and we will go from there. >> sure, you're exactly right as a military aspect of the challenge, that is a diversion, and ten countries especially when it comes to europe, america has a security guarantee that are expended to allies as such as japan, taiwan, the philippines and someone in these guarantee, they weigh heavily on the minds rushing with europeans and in some cases even today they are able to see china an actual military competitor simply because of lack of proximity, europeans are concerned with russia and russian's actions on european soil and much more than any potential military coming from china and i think this has e

at the time, western allied forces, under allied commander eisenhower, were still stuck on the rhine, 300 miles away from berlin. this is where we are at the time and here's where the soviet -- i didn't mean -- it sounds like the home team. here's where the western allies were at the time and here's where the soviets were. there's a real discrepancy in who is closer to berlin. but soviet offensives have smashed their way deep into the reich itself, overrunning the exposed provinces and the coastal province and coming again to rest on the line of the rivers. seizing the german capitol first was extremely unlikely for the western allies, short of some miracle. but it was also a highly risky operation that i would argue was kind of foreign to eisenhower's sober sense of strategy. eisenhower does take his share of risks in the war, but by and large, the operations on the map are not what you would consider knee poll onic in the chances they take and the risks they're being to court. there's a book by steven ambrose, one of the fathers of this museum along with nick mueller. he wrote a boo

and he knew the allies are here.e rang up his headquarters all the phone up so they could hear and said the french and the americans are moving into the city. when morning came on august 25th, the friday the next day. the clouds and rain showers for the previous day had dissipated. and many of the germans in the city recognize the game was up. and began withdrawing to the eastern side, almost like a receding tide. by midmorning, french and american columns or moving through the streets of paris, almost like rivers of iron and steel. some vehicles with white american stars on them, others with a silhouette of france, with the cross of lorraine super imposed. over the map. but all the germans had not left. and so fighting continue. between german tanks and german infantry in the resistance forces. in the intimacy of urban combat from the shot, to the arc detrimental, to the louvre museum. at 12:30 the french flag triumphed over the eiffel tower. you can only imagine what went through the french mines when they saw that

if allied forces have crossed the seine river north of paris and allied forces across the river south of paris, why can't they not cross the river at paris. he told eisenhower that at this point, fundamental was essential to the governors of france at that point and in the very fear future. eisenhower responded that he would do what he could, but at this point, he could make no promises of when he would cut loose part of the allied armies to move into paris. well, the following day, de gaulle sent word to eisenhower by de gaulle senior military commander, general konig. and he said that the city was on the verge of anarchy. there was no police presence. had completely ice presence. stopped. food shortages set the city on the verge of famine and de gaulle argued that if the allies don't move now, they were risking a5(lea humanitarian di and perhaps the destruction of paris itself. de gaulle and eisenhower, two extraordinarily determined personalities, were putting that relationship to the test. but events in paris would drive eisenhower's decision-making as much if not more so than de

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this was some debate of different perceptions around the allies. how do you see nato responding to the increasing challenge of china? >> listen, china has been , to thein, officially attention of the alliance in a structured way in london when our leaders met in december of 2019, in london, the last time they met at that level. we were instructed as an alliance to start looking at the rise of china both as a challenge, because the rise of such an important country, economically, technologically, creates challenges, and we have to look into those challenges. but there are opportunities that the rise of a big country and economy are presenting to us. finding the right balance between making sure that we comprehend and take necessary understanding of the implications of the rise of china from a security standpoint , which is something we continue to do. our foreign ministers last week ourimportant piece of china strategy that was presented to them since london. i'm convince the work on china will continue to the summit and beyond. it is absolutely cle

sold out its native and african-american allies. the british evacuated new york city, charleston, and savannah. british generals on the ground ignored article seven. they took a black and white loyalists with them and left. they just were not going to abandon enslaved people who had run to the british for safety back into the hands of their former masters. in new york city in late fall of 1783, more than 27,000 british soldiers and 30,000 black and white loyalists were evacuated from new york city. british soldiers cut the ropes that were used to hoist the flag and left the british flag flying at the southern tip of manhattan to they greased the flagpole make it as hard as possible to replace the british flag, although we did manage to do that. the paper the u.s. and british delegates signed, the u.s. gained a vast western empire. on the ground it was more complicated. the british continued to occupy forts, including niagara and detroit along the great lakes and they said the united states had to repay its war debts from before the

he knew the ally head began stockpiling gas to the mediterranean but he was skeptical that the alliesld have shipped to to mustard shells and a busy port so close to the local population and allow the toxic cargo to sit there as a prime target for an enemy strike. he couldn't afford to rule it out. he tried again but he checked with the port authority come heavy check the shipping? could the ships in the harbor have been carrying mustard? he was told again and again that they did not have the information and that it was not possible but alexander had his doubts. it sounded like the british were trying to manage this investigation. he did not believe he was getting the full story or their full cooperation. the burden of proof he realized was without him. he ordered a series of tests for the patients were still alive insisted on careful and complete autopsies of those who died under mysterious circumstances. your examples of the harbor water collected and analyzed the bar of personnel from displaced american hospital units and put them to work gathering data data performing lab tests on

the allies didn't know they were going to have an atomic bomb. roosevelt knew they were spending a lot of money on t there were assurances from the scientists it would work but no one knew they would have an atomic bomb. at the time they believed they were going to need soviet help and were willing to negotiate with stalin to get it. well, i think this is probably a good point to end and then throw open the floor to questions and i'm happy to stand here as long as you'll have me. as a blueprint for the post-war world, which is how we're looking at yalta today, i'm not sure i like it all that much. maybe i'm still that kid in cleveland reading irate letters from ukrainians and poles in the plain dealer. perhaps the west could have driven a harder bargain with stalin, even with stronger words and gestures. you're all a lot smarter than i am on these points but as a road map for the military end game in europe, yalta was the most successful of all the war-time conferences. perhaps unintentionally, but nevertheless it was nothing less than the bluepr

nazi spies had suspected the allies worshiping gas.after the airstrike they sent their own diver down to found the bomb casings which confirmed it was american. and then to taunt those after the raid i see you are getting gassed by your own poison gas. british officials never acknowledge alexander's report for garnered high praise from survivors. and under challenging conditions told him the commendation was for fear of offending the prime minister. but colonel cornelius dusty rose chief medical vision of the chemical warfare service handling that meticulous investigation is so completely and such immense value that it represented almost a landmark in the history of mustard poisoning. and to explore the therapeutic potential like alexander he believe the data with a promising new chemical targeting white blood cells with the fight against cancer and then in the memorial hospital it is the biggest cancer hospital in the world at the time and those that converge with alexander's report to crystallize into a single mission to exploit the

top allies.inken phoned his counterparts in mexico, canada, japan, and south korea, to reassure them of america's commitment to international cooperation. he also promised he will work to rebuild the ranks. let's go now to former member of the u.s. state department, and a professor at georgetown university. thank yoso much for being with us. antony blinken said today he has already picked up from the u.s. allies after spending the day on the phone, a strong desire to come back to the table. but how difficult is it going to be for the u.s. to rebuild global alliances? guest: it is going to be a major challenge. first of all, what he has promised, secretary blinken, is the re-professionalization of the state department, deep politicization of the state department, and replenishing its ranks, because they were really depleted in the trump era. so, he's going to have to restore confidence again among america's allies, that the u.s. really needs to work with them, to cooperate with them, and listen to

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americans' european allies, france and spain, were there. and spain knew it had won a lot of this territory from britain during the war, and spain also held louisiana, and texas, and florida, so the entire western 2/3 of the continent was recognized by europeans as being part of the spanish empire, as well as new mexico and places to the south. franklin would have to maneuver around this. rather thanmpare, think of franklin's audacious proposal, this is the more reasonable request of the united states. that they get the eastern 13board, which had been the colonies, and pretty much everything else to the mississippi river, except for the narrowest definition of what belongs to spain. posts that spain had won during the war and britain had already said britain was going to return florida to spain at the end of the revolution. that was what the united states , somewhat more realistically, wants. spain in turn makes a proposal of a smaller united states. the united states could have the places that it clearly controlled, that clearly were grantn

secretary rice: you mentioned friends and allies, and one ally, i think with whom, robert, you workedosely, is with israel. and in fact, i used to say that nothing ever changes in the middle east. but in fact, things have changed in the middle east. and i'd like you to talk a little bit about how you see the changing nature of the middle east, of the abraham accords, the potential for an end to the state of war between israel and its arab neighbors. that is a pretty dramatic change. i think when you decided to move the embassy to jerusalem, there was a lot of heartburn around that among specialists and foreign policy types. but it turns out that the arab countries were perhaps looking, particularly the modernizing ones, were looking for a different kind of middle east. can you talk a little bit about the promise of the abraham accords? and then, jake, perhaps you can comment about that. robert: thank you, condi, and look, i think jake and his team and president biden are off to a great start on china. we have to confront china using all the means of national power, and, certainly, all

before we can work with our allies, what do we do with the tariffs would put on our allies? shouldn't we repair those relations as quickly as possible? >> i could address that very quickly and others would probably have better things to say but create a common agenda. i think our allies, i don't think it will be. i think our allies, whether europe or asia are looking for leadership, i think they are looking to be joined the international community and as we do, everything from the iran agreement impairs records, whatever, i think they are going to welcome so i think that will be the easiest first step but a good first step. we need to walk before we run. i would suggest for at least six months, being through the congress as we do, we pay strict attention to dealing with our allies, building bridges, trade is a bridge our relationships so many areas and domestic policy and foreign policy, interest and allies to our interest and we need to do that. just give us a chance to get people to the table with a serious purpose and we will have to work very hard at it. >> okay. >> keep

they sold out this french and spanish allies and they sold out their native and african american allies. the british evacuated new york city, charleston and savannah, british generals on the ground though ignored article seven. they took black and white loyalists with them when they left. they were not going to abandon enslaved people who had run to the british for safety, back in the hands of their former masters. for example new york city in late fall of 1783, more than 27,000 soldiers, british soldiers have a ceremony restart. more than 27,000 british soldiers and 30,000 black and white loyalists were evacuated from new york city on 100 ships. before they left new york city, british soldiers cut the ropes that were used to voice the flag. and grief the fly ball to make it as hard as possible for the americans to replace the british flag. although they did manage to do it. on paper, paper that the u.s. and british delegate sign in 1783, the united states gained a vast western empire. on the ground though it was much more complicated. the british continue to occupy forts including niag

we took historic steps, first to stand with our most cherished allies.e moved the american embassy to jerusalem, the capitol of the state of israel. we recognize their sovereignty over golan heights. and after 26 years, four arab countries have recognized israel's right to exist. and under our administration, we have taken the fight to radical islam it terrorists on our terms on their soil. during these last four years, the armed forces of the u.s. captured the last inch of territory controlled by isis, and a strike fighters stationed right here at nas lemoore were in the fight early on, hitting isis, giving terrorists no quarter, driving them from their strongholds. with the courage of our armed forces, i'm proud to report more than a year ago, we crushed their caliphate, captured the last inch of territory under the black flag of isis, and took down their leader without one american casualty. [applause] vice pres. pence: and we stood up to the leading state sponsor of terror. drawing from the iran nuclear deal, we strengthened our alliances in the regi

allies and beyond, especially after last week's events? zanny: i guess when ian and his colleagues were writing the prediction even they could not have imagined the events of the last week. to some degree, the asterix presidency has taken off in a way that legitimizes the concerns ian laid out. i would argue almost because it was as bad as it was and is as bad as it is now, it is in some sense making it more likely that a more optimistic take comes to pass to think there is a chance for catharsis in the republican party that 10 days ago i thought was less likely. i think president biden will start -- remember, there was good news last week from the perspective of the biden administration, the two victories in georgia. the biden presidency starts with the democrats have been control of the house and senate. it starts with revulsion at what happened last week. it starts with president trump in a very, very different position from where he was a week ago, and who knows what will happen in the next few days. i think there is actually a chance

meeting with the president to try and get him to issue pardons for political allies and to doll out these things as political favors. that's how he's doing it versus going through the pardon attorney. that's why according to the "new york times," some of the president's allies have been cashing in on this charging tens of thousands of dollars to help secure pardons for convicted felons and we'll have to see whether or not those people will get their money worth in the last couple of days.

and completely ignoring britain's native allies.nd all of the people that lived in and controlled that place. so, to recap, the treaty of paris of the united states sold out it's french and spanish allies. they evacuated new york city, boston, savanna generals on the ground ignored article seven. they were just not going to abandon them. so for example in new york city, more than 27,000 british soldiers and three -- sorry, more than seven -- more than 27,000 loyalists were evacuated and 100 ships. british soldiers cut the ropes that were used to hoist the flag, and they greased the flag pole to make it as hard as possible for the americans to replace the british flag, but they did manage to do that. the united states gained a vast western empire. on the ground it was much more complicated. the british continues to occupy forts along the great lakes and they said the united states had to repay it's efforts before britain would evacuate this post. spain received east florida, west florida. and the spanish declared that the parts of th

bringing allies into our components. again allies systems into our space systems architecture if you will. again to make sure that we can secure that peaceful development of the space, the global economics and peaceful development. it so important . deptula: i have one more. it's a real interesting one. it is also something before we shift to the questions from our audience . the international intelligence recently announced that the agency is considering whether space force should become part of the intel community. what something that has potential applications of this move. can you elaborate prey to. leonard: yes, i think it goes back to that supporting the relationships and building out the holistic nature of the war fighting domain. that is the intelligence component. that is key. so they both have this space force and the space command recognized as part of the intelligence community is keep . because we rely on what they do and they rely on what we do. so to be able to join in their community of interest just like

he needs allies in europe.e doesn't think that britain would be equal to on its own keep germany down. stalin doesn't believe that the soviet union on its own would actually be able to do that as well. it is very interesting. when we think about the future, our vision is based on what happened in the past. we base it on experience. these are people who 20 years earlier, thinking about the year 2000, that is where they are in their perspective, it's very recent in their mind. it's not just that the united states would stay in europe, but also germany, no matter how much it is destroyed, it will be back in 20 years, or maybe earlier. that is their thinking. they know it will be a very powerful force. so at the end, stalin agrees to the french occupation but he says you can give france occupation from your own zones of occupation. from american, and that's eventually what happens. and another big issue with germans is reparations. stalin wants 20 billion. and the british and fdr are really, really worried about th

some key allies have been arrested, _ bars or not? bars or not? some key allies have been arrested, one of— bars or not? some key allies have been arrested, one of those - bars or not? some key allies have been arrested, one of those is - bars or not? some key allies have been arrested, one of those is a l been arrested, one of those is a lawyer and mr nirvana's wife. do we know anything about their whereabouts?— know anything about their whereabouts? ., ., ., ~ whereabouts? yulia no val ir, mr nirvana men's — whereabouts? yulia no val ir, mr nirvana men's lame's _ whereabouts? yulia no val ir, mr nirvana men's lame's wife, - whereabouts? yulia no val ir, mr nirvana men's lame's wife, has i whereabouts? yulia no val ir, mr. nirvana men's lame's wife, has been detained and that was new, she has been a prominent figure to alexei navalny�*s side at many protests in the past, the two been together for more than two decades, and she has been outspoken recently about what has happened to him, but is poisoning and treatments. she was detaine

allies and partners in commercial allies and partners and civil allies and partners, not only thinking about other allies and partners and military, thinking about other allies and partners commercial organizations. we don't necessarily linkup with those, but encouraging them to integrate themselves and then take that integration with us, think of it as multi-bilateralism, it's really important for us to stick together like that. so that is one thing. the other thing is development. so not only are we learning from our allies and partners and their capabilities, but also leveraging those. not just becoming integrated but having interoperability, you know, the 100 kilometers and others around the entire globe, so having friends around the world with capabilities to be able to command and control is critical to us. and then also knits together a wide web that i think in many ways deters adversaries. because an attack on one have to be an attack on all truly start to impact our capabilities. so that is important as redundancy and resiliency as well. we see that in the competition space wi

adversaries than its closest allies.m some of his advisers, he came close to pulling out of the u.s. most important military alliance, nato. summit meetings like this one in brussels were awkward events with everyone else treading on egg shells to avoid the ire of the impulsive, often ill-informed u.s. leader. most u.s. allies around the world are breathing a sigh of relief, despite the drama after november's election. president-elect joe biden's foreign policies easy to summarize. reverse direction, re-sign international agreements, and work collaboratively with allies. president-elect biden:bu america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again sit at the head of the table. ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies. ready to stand up for our values. >> the relationship the presidents before trump built with their allies was based on trust. it's a commodity that takes a long time to grow, but it's easy to lose, and that's the problem for the biden administration, the u.s.' closes

its native and african-american allies.the british evacuated new york city, charleston and savannah. many generals on the crowned though ignored article 7. they took black and white loyalists with them when they left. they just were not going to abandon enslaved people who had run to the british for safety back into the hands of their former masters. so, for example, in new york city in late fall of 1783 more than 27,000 soldiers, british soldiers and three -- more than -- let me start over. more than 27,000 british soldiers and 30,000 more, 30,000 black and white loyalists were evacuated from new york city on 100 ships. before they left new york city british soldiers cut the threes were used to hoist the flag and let the british fly until the southern tip of manhattan and then they greased the flag pole to make it as hard as possible for the americans to replace the british flag although they did. on paper, the paper that the u.s. and the british delegates signed in 1983, the united states gained a vast western empire on.

it needs its allies in order to. be there for the global issues that affect america as much as that or so the world such as global health systems climate change all these issues that affect them are going to fix most of the world need multilateral efforts and last multilateral efforts need hard work and that hard work needs to cultivate that's what the real issues would be allies and you cannot do that as we said earlier without america looking fits because america for the last few months did not look fit did not look an example to follow it did not look like it was fit delete to lead around the world i was a serious sunni and political analyst my one bashar reporting live from doha. mona was good to talk to you many thanks indeed let's go back to washington then welcome all santa maria has been keeping a close eye on the day's events for us come on. yes well actually it's been a little bit odd adrian i have to say and then if it's my guess at this early at that we've unfortunately had our backs to it by stiff that s

melissa conley t ler, allies and partners. melissa conley tyler, interesting _ allies and partners.nd partners. melissa conley tyler, interesting to speak to - allies and partners. melissa conley tyler, interesting to speak to you, | tyler, interesting to speak to you, thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. italy's prime minister giuseppe conte has won a crucial vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament after the italia viva party of his predecessor matteo renzi quit his coalition. mr conte won by 60 votes, a bigger—than—expected margin of victory. but he faces a tougher test on tuesday in the upper house, or senate, where his government has only a slim majority. a team of nepalese climbers has safely descended after becoming the first ever to reach the top of the world's second highest mountain k2 — in winter. k2, along the pakistan—china border, is notoriously challenging with hurricane—strong winds and sub—zero temperatures. one of the leading members of the team is a former gurkha and british special forces soldier, and he's been speaking to our correspondent,

constant innovation makes the united states a strong ally.d states contributes also to the civilian direction of nato. to bolster this effort for collective defense, the resources and resolve of the american people expressed by their elected representatives in congress. their hope is that behind the shields of nato, the atlantic community can build a better world for all. to that end, the united states is sharing with other nations it's knowledge of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. as president eisenhower has said, the atomic age must become the blessing, not the curse of mankind. atomic energy is already producing electric power as in this experimental plant in the state of idaho. the use of nuclear energy means further progress in almost every field of science. it seems certain that peace in this atomic era can lift mankind to new heights of well-being. meanwhile, conventional natural resources continue to serve the atlanta community. the united states produces nearly half of the world petroleum. another contribution is the abundance m

next he looks at the february 1945 yalta 1945 yalta conference conference between allied between allied leaders leaders winston winston churchill, franklin churchill, roosevelt and joseph franklin roosevelt, and stolen. joseph stalin. the national the national world war ii museum hosted the event world war ii museum hosted the event. . nour final speaker final speaker of the day of the day is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that, he served as director of the national churchill library and center at george washington university in d.c.. he also served as the executive director of the international churchill's society. some of you, many of you know that the museum has had a long-standing relationship with the local branch of the churchill society, the churchill society in new orleans. with him being half b5u2akçamer, we feel like we can keep covering winston as much as we like, but we certainly enjoyed watching michael and his affiliates do great works around the country. michael was in charge

is closest allies will be looking over their shoulder wondering whether in 4 years time trump will be back and if it's not him it could be another president with trump like america 1st policy. james byrd's al-jazeera washington now italy's prime minister decepticon phase facing 2 days of parliamentary votes that will decide whether his coalition can stay in power these are live pictures from the lower house contain needs the approval of that chamber and the senate if he fails his administration could be forced out of office and a technical government put in place the votes come after the former prime minister and his party withdrew from the coalition over its response to the pandemic and the economy. breaks it was always unpopular in scotland its people voted overwhelmingly to stay in the e.u. even as the rest of the u.k. tipped the balance to leave now the realities of bragg's that coupled with london's handling of coronavirus put new energy behind calls for scottish independence journal reports from edinburgh. edinburgh's royal mile deserted under lockdown but with just a fee deco o

alli allies they may have been, but their strategic priorities were in far from perfect alignment.churchill had declared in 1942 that he had not become the king's first minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the british empire. and in his discussions with stalin he showed his willingness to pay a price to avoid that unhappy fate. acknowledging that the americans might be shocked by their conversation, churchill pressed stalin for a guarantee that he would not interfere in any greek post-war settlement in exchange for giving the soviets a free hand in romania. notes of the meeting record that churchill "then produced what he called a naughty document," showing a list of balcan countries and the proportion of interest in them of the great powers." . as churchill later recalled he wrote on a half sheet of paper his proposal and the paper which has been preserved contains various things including a division of romania going 90% to the russians and 10% to the others. in exchange for a 90% british interest in greece. the old british priority. churchill recalled later that a