of the great war with the battles which took place in western europe the main focus so with the eastern front largely overlooked artie's entry for most us was russia's role in the for is truly global conflict. pran ferdinand's murder in late she set off a chain of events that would lead to the great war within a matter of days the great powers of europe particularly had war on each other and on this day exactly a century ago or three hungary declared war on russia when it all started crag cheered and welcome the fighting little did they know of the horrors that lay ahead while the battle lines were drawn long before russia joined with britain and france forming the allied powers on one side and on the other side the central powers of austria-hungary in germany later joined by the ottoman empire both garia while russia fielded five million men at the start almost as much as germany and austria hungary combined and war raged everywhere and always warships delivered tons of rands with the explosion shaking the expanse of the seas conflict filled the sky city for the first time in pilots of the f

kilometers into austrian territory threatened the central powers sent thirty divisions to the eastern front easing the burden for the allies in the west from that moment to many at last the strategic advantage but it was too late for russia the people exhausted by war coupled with a weakened government to read revolution it enjoying growing support the bolsheviks to abandon their posts and let germany have whatever it wants and by nine hundred eighteen the war ended for russia but despite that the road is hard to overstate it carried on each shoulders alone the burden of the eastern front and helped end the war which would claim eighteen million lives. well as military gear changes throughout the space but within the laws to hour a probe has successfully managed to orbit a comet launched in two thousand and four that his mission will deliver priceless data to scientists it's the first space probe ever in history to operate a comet the program's goal is to eventually land on the cosmic body which was discovered by soviet scientists in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine upon landing a speci

kilometers into austrian territory threatened the central powers sent thirty divisions to the eastern front easing the burden for the allies in the west from that moment too many had lost the strategic advantage but it was too late for russia people exhausted by war coupled with a weakened government so read revolution it enjoying growing support the bolsheviks urged troops to abandon their post let germany have whatever it wants and by nine hundred eighteen the war ended for russia but despite that the road is hard to overstate it carried on each shoulders alone the burden of the eastern front and helped end the war which would claim eighteen million lives. after the break crosstalk is next. good laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the dog. who will do the. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. clean more zero casu

kilometers into austrian territory threatened the central powers sent thirty divisions to the eastern fronteasing the burden for the allies in the west from that moment germany had lost the strategic advantage but it was too late for russia paypal exhausted by war coupled with a weakened government through a red revolution enjoying growing support the bolsheviks to abandon their posts and let germany have whatever it wants and by early nine hundred eighteen the war ended for russia but despite that the road is hard to overstate it carried on each shoulders alone the burden of the eastern front and helped end the war which would claim eighteen million lives. coming up do you think the fish you're eating is healthy think again and watch our next report after the break i'll see you see. a few weeks ago we discussed detroit's plans to shut off water to those who can't pay their bills logically one of basic human assisted he could get taken away some protesters gathered to give their opinion on the issue at our plaza and what is the response from the state maybe some sort of dialogue or explanat

kilometers into austrian territory threatened the central powers sent thirty divisions to the eastern front easing the burden for the allies in the west from that moment germany at last the strategic advantage but it was too late for russia people exhausted by war coupled with a weakened government to read revolution it enjoying growing support the bolsheviks to abandon their post let germany have whatever it wants and by nine hundred eighteen the war ended for russia but despite that the role it played is hard to overstate it carried on it shoulders alone the burden of the eastern front and helped end the war which would claim eighteen million lives. i thank you joining us on the international live from moscow i'm rule re sushi up next on the network i'll be mobbed him breaking the set unless you're joining us from the u.k. good morning to you you're about to be going underground with afshin returns. all. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of warmongering politicians. capturing people is messy what do you do if the innocent killing them easy we reserve the right to ki

and france would speak russian today, because we should not forget the incredible size of the eastern front that the enormous amount of clashes and dying that went on in that front. >> i think one thing worth keeping in mind is that americans have had a little bit of difficulty in determining how to portray the germans. we like to think of the good war , which complicity means there is a bad enemy that we are fighting against. when we are talking about the good work, it is dismissed colleges asian -- this mythologizing. dower mosthn and our transiently focuses on. if we're focusing on this good war story of two sides honorably , that is fine. you can focus on the germans as competent soldiers doing their duty. in most of the movies that a in somee, at the end or way, the holocaust is lurking underneath. quite obviously, you can't have good people doing such horrific things. foras been very difficult us to try to figure a way to incorporate individuals into the story. , you had theluded western and eastern german issues to take on as well. trying to rehabilitate the west germans and incorpor

despite that the road is hard to overstate it carried on each shoulders alone the burden of the eastern front and helped and the war which would claim up to eighteen million lives. and i'm back in just a couple of minutes or an aussie international with more news on including a daring terrorist attack targeting nato military brass. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going to hear any rounds of our big story the answer that while some talk there's a reason they don't want you to know. the phrase that we. now let's break the set. well told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm likely to push the no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point to say to mr kerry you have a car is on the docket no. thank you no more weasel words when you they'd a direct question the prepared for a change when you punch be ready for a. printout of speech and a little bit on the freedom to question. if you leave the. economic up downs in the find out all day long to do your shanghai and the rest of the life but doing th

the world has been commemorating the start of the first world war but it's what happened on the eastern front that so often gets overlooked in the favor of the big battles in the west. evaluating russia's role in the first truly global conflict. franz ferdinand. set off a chain of events that would lead to the great war within a matter of days the great powers of europe particularly had war on each other when it all started crag cheered and welcome the fighting little did they know of the horrors that lay ahead while the battle lines were drawn long before russia joined with britain and france forming the allied powers on one side and on the other side the central powers of austria-hungary in germany later joined by the ottoman empire garia while russia fielded five million men at the start almost as much as germany and austria hungary combined and war raged everywhere and always warships delivered tons of rands with the explosion shaking the expanse of the sea conflict filled the sky city for the first time and pilots of the first war planes were regarded as he writes the breakthrough for ru

kilometers into austrian territory threatened the central powers sent thirty divisions to the eastern front easing the burden for the allies in the west from that moment germany had lost the strategic advantage but it was too late for russia the people exhausted by war coupled with a weaken government to read revolution it enjoying growing support the bolsheviks urged troops to abandon their posts let germany have whatever it wants and by nine hundred eighteen the war ended for russia but despite that the role it played is hard to overstate it carried on it shoulders alone in the burden of the eastern front and helped end the war which would claim eighteen million lives. coming up after the break it's worlds apart the post reporter. says the media leave us so we leave the media by the same motions security for your party visible. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our team. on marriage and in the financial world. to goldman's cannot stop it is the only techno demand to credit not going to get any economic benefit in

the war would have been a draw on the western front and the german victory over russia in on the eastern front but that defeat of germany and then the agreements that followed. led to the extraordinary anger and resentment on the part of the germans that they had been singled out for blame for world war one that they had been unnecessarily polish and that of course fed into the rise of naziism because although. germans did not necessarily sympathize with hitler they did sympathize with hitler's agenda so i think that there's no question you know well the out of a world war one was world war two. the one thing that i would say is that i would be very careful about then deciding. too about overturning the agreements that followed. world war while and i think that may be something we can get into later but it's now becoming fashionable to say well these are very bad agreement so let's just simply throw them into the waste paper basket and there i think. we were going to be very very careful as to where we're going to scull or of the first world war i mean what is it in your mind what is its signi

before they can then push their forces onto the eastern front jummy would not have invaded france had france essentially said we're going to stay out of this war in the balkans or we're going to come in on russia's side in its war against austria hungary that would have been very simple i mean germany all us the france will you stay out france said that we won't say out and hands the schlieffen plan went into operation so it wasn't just an invasion out of the blue ok gentlemen the. i was trained as a historian ok going to hear you right now did i even go ahead ivan eland jump in please i would like to talk about self-determination and sanctity of borders but go ahead ivan eland in washington yeah yeah i agree with what george said i mean i think france actually was egging rusher on a live in before the war and i think it really wanted russia to be on their side against germany because they feared germany and the brits a lot of people in the british cabinet thought well yes belgium probably will be invaded but as long as the germans just go through the southern part and then a lot of t

weeks of traveling i finally made it to the eastern front where pitched battles seem an almost daily occurrence for months now the russian army has been pushed backwards by the german and austrian garion forces but they make them work for every inch the fuzzy is fierce the noise deafening and the bravery of the soldiers difficult to have a stage. that's for myself i'm already taking pictures i never thought possible. i just need to make sure i don't run out of slides and that i keep my head down. pat. on a hot summer's day and pockets time to bring the past to life. to commemorate the scent of the beginning of one huge battle re-enactment is about to take place. hundreds of people from all over europe have come to recreate some of the most memorable. engagements of the russian army. and all they needs is a place to stay and a place to fight. for your. craving except. it's. will be no luxury for those taking part but this tent camp will at least give them a roof over their heads. plus it's just good when you're going to deal in. their homes then yes you know this place in space at the

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this type, not the eastern front, which now consumes so much of iraq. instead, syria's southwest border. the one with israeli occupied golan heights. today, islamist rebels with the so-called al nusri front took over a key crossing point after what's being called a heavy firefight with forces of syria's president bashar al assad on the other side and not coming out well. these particular attackers are not isis, but they are tied to al qaeda. israeli military tells the "jerusalem post" three mortar shells landed on israeli territory but a spokesman is telling cnn that this is, quote, an internal syrian matter. that, despite the fact that the golan heights is nothing they woulder consider necessarily an internal syrian matter. cnn's ben wedeman has made his way to northern israel. he joins me now on the telephone. ben this is is up a significant development. meaning that the israelis, if they didn't already have a very keen eye trained on the golan heights, have an extraordinary keen eye on the golan heights, now dealing with the same kind of things the a

>> it took me i don't know how long to convince -- to convince people that there was an eastern frontich i write about. a lot of people don't understand the caucasian front, -- the caucasus front. there are academic books out there that have this information. the western front, this is the key, if you don't understand it. the winning powers write what they want. since the british speak english, we get what they say. i will tell you little secret. look at any book written before 1990 and you will see no picture of a french soldier in a british history of the first world war. the british only had 25 miles of the front. >> i think we have room for one more question. >> i would like to hear your honest opinion about how far we have evolved as a society when we -- [laughter] i will elaborate. i think it is alarming to see historians say this war was stupid simply because we continue to make the same mistakes. we talk about nationalism and we see it right here in america. being pulled into iraq after 9/11. none of our leaders have the courage to stand up to that based on nationalism. are we

>> they say it's key because it's the site where the syrian army maps out its strategy for the eastern front also under the supervision of syrian, iranian, iraqi and hezbollah military officers. the new oftenbsive comes a few weeks after government troops made some major advances against the rebels by retaking the industry area and the eastern district. rebels say if they take this area, they may keep the balance of pour in their favor and they will be able to interrupt the army's only supply route to its basis in this side of al aleppo. >> stay with syria and government forces have reportedly killed 50 levels. separately fighters, they crossed into lebanon killing eight soldiers and two civilians. jane ferguson has the latest. >> wresting back control action lebanese troops rush into the town. syrian fighters have stormed across the border before but never this deep nor have their attacks been this brazen. they take over a police station, capture soldiers and fire on local residents. their demand for the lebanese military to release a front leader arrested earlier on saturday. this is a ren

more terrifying than i could have imagined after weeks of travelling i finally made it to the eastern front where pitched battles seem an almost daily occurrence for months now the russian army has been pushed backwards by the german and austrian garion forces but they make them work for every inch the feinstein.

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their demands within the next forty eight hours they will withdraw their forces fighting on the eastern front and march to kiev in full battle gear the group of them are in the release of its members arrested by police on various occasions as well as the sacking of officials they consider sympathetic to anti-government forces in the east the right sector consists of several nationalist extremist groups the first emerged during antigovernment protests in the capital when they clashed with police a seized government buildings and torched cars all around the city later they form several special units which now fight against the separatists in the east. now this week or ukraine accuse moscow of violating its border claiming that a military unit crossed the frontier which russia has dismissed as nonsense the ukrainian president also said the vehicles had been destroyed although no evidence has been provided or two days after the claims. there exists no russian military convoy that crossed the russian ukrainian border either at night or during the day let's hope the ukrainian army only destroyed a

is more terrifying than i could have imagined also weeks of traveling i finally made it to the eastern front where pitched battles seem an almost daily occurrence some months now the russian army has been pushed backwards by the german and austrian garion forces but they make them work for every inch the fines he is fierce the noise deafening and the bravery of the soldiers difficult to have a stage. that's for myself i'm already taking pictures i never thought possible. i just need to make sure i don't run out of slow ends and that i keep my head down. pat.

their demands within the next forty eight hours they will withdraw their forces fighting all the eastern front line and march to kiev in full battle now the group is demanding the release of its members arrested by police on numerous occasions the interior minister here back at the thread calling the right sector an illegal armed group that's despite the sector's radicals playing an active role during the winters violent protests that helped to overthrow the previous president and bring the courage government to power. now this week in ukraine accused of violating its border claiming a military unit across the frontier with russia has dismissed as nonsense the ukrainian president also said the vehicles have been destroyed although no evidence has been provided two days after the claims. there exists no russian military convoy that crossed the russian ukrainian border either at night or during the day let's hope the ukrainian army only destroyed a friend and not refugees or their own soldiers however social networks and several newspapers where quick to call it a russian invasion it all started

weeks travelling i finally made it to the eastern front where pitched battles daily occurrence for months now the russian army has been pushed back by the german. forces but they make them work for every inch the fine is deafening and the bravery of the soldiers difficult to have a state. that's for myself i'm already taking pictures i never thought possible. i just need to make sure i don't run out.