>> president franklin d roosevelt appointed general george c. marshall army chief of staff. next, professor andrew roberts discusses marshall's role in america's world war ii victories. he argues that he is a strategist and a transformed the u.s. army despite opposition from president roosevelt and winston churchill. the new york historical society hosted this event. it is just over 50 minutes. >> we are so very pleased to welcome back andrew roberts, the this thing wished fellow -- distinguished fellow at the new york historical society. in london and a recipient of the 2016 award. he serves as a visiting professor at king's college london. in 2012, he was awarded the william penn prize. in 2007, he delivered the prestigious white house lecture. of thethe 2014 winner los angeles times louder biography prize. he's now writing a biography of winston churchill. before i invite andrew roberts to the stage, i would like to ask you if anything that makes a noise like a cell phone is switched off. please join me in welcoming andrew roberts to the stage. [applause] andrew: it is a

george marshall, to churchill hailed as the organizer of victory. a wonderful freeseas toll from the french revolution. it was originally given to c arneau. the british were fortunate that in marshall and eisenhower they had two such good friends of britain at the top of the u.s. military hierarchy. both men were ordering their respective staffs to go through the records and delete the more extreme anti-british statements. which suggested the must of been enough then on to work -- venom to worry them. both men understood the problems of coalition warfare so pertinently summed up by churchill that the living worse than fighting with allies is fighting without them. churchill was a better friend to marshall that even eisenhower, to marshal appointed to every senior position he had held from september 1939 onwards. as you will hear in my next lecture on tuesday, the 17th of had not eisenhower committed troops in action himself and so had no chance of distinguishing himself on the battlefield, as he undoubtedly would have. he needed a patron of the word apartment and found a ready one fararshall, who had himself from the most senior general av

in the case of fulton, george c. marshall has already made it clear -- he is back from china -- that this is not going to be something that the united states will invent for europe. he wants the europeans themselves to take an ownership in and it he later on acknowledges the importance of the zurich speech in his own thinking. so, again, a trail is ignited which leads, as i say, ultimately to the marshall plan. there is one other player in this. who funds the european coal and steel community. he is a very small man. charge of the economic plan for the reconstruction of france. he goes along to see the germans. .e was never intimidated france cannot be economically restored without u.s. credits. and there will be no u.s. credits unless we change our policy towards germany. so on both sides of the atlantic something quite new is beginning to come into view. i mentioned -- now let me turn -- i mentioned money. now let me turn to degaulle in terms of relations with the europeans. he spends a lot of were sitting in london, and ch

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army chief of staff general george c. marshal in america's world war ii victories, arguing the general's skills transformed the u.s. army, despite opposition. >> yet he had a highly ordered mind, a skill at delegating once he had filleted the general staff of incompetence, leaving on his trusted lieutenants. and a redoubtable work ethic. this courtly pennsylvania gentleman was incorruptible, single minded and calm considering the pressures on him. >> then at 10:00 on "real america," the 1921 silent film created by the u.s. army signal corps of the ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue and across the bridge into virginia. i think what i've head is it's one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american artifacts. >> it's a beautiful building and from the moment it opened it was already too

army chief of staff general george c. marshal in america's world war ii victories, arguing the general's skills transformed the u.s. army, despite opposition. >> yet he had a highly ordered mind, a skill at delegating once he had filleted the general staff of incompetence, leaving on his trusted lieutenants. and a redoubtable work ethic. this courtly pennsylvania gentleman was incorruptible, single minded and calm considering the pressures on him. >> then at 10:00 on "real america," the 1921 silent film created by the u.s. army signal corps of the ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue and across the bridge into virginia. i think what i've head is it's one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american artifacts. >> it's a beautiful building and from the moment it opened it was already too

army george c. marshal in america's world war ii victories, arguing his skills transformed the u.s. army, despite opposition from president roosevelt and british prime minister winston churchill. >> he had a highly ordered mind, a skill at delegating once he had filleted the general staff of confidence and leaving only his trusted lieutenants. this pennsylvania gentleman with beautiful manners was incorruptible, single minded, and astonishing calm considering the pressures on him. >> then at 10:00, the 1921 silent film created by the u.s. army signal corps of the ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i, documenting the journey of the soldier's remains and its procession through washington, d.c. to arlington. >> the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue, and then across the bridge into virginia. i think what i read is one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american artifacts. >> it's a beautiful building

a few folks waiting in line to cast the ballot at george c. marshall high school in falls church. earlier this morning the officials at the polling place say it was 45 minutes folks ballot. they are making sure everyone has a photo i.d. out before they get in there to speed this up. they are expecting as we get closer to the closing time at 7:00 that we will start to see many more voters showing up. fairfax county saying 45% cast a ballot in addition to 20% of the absentee done prior to today. if you know someone or you are someone coming out tonight between now and when the polls they say you should expect the lines will grow. if you are in line tonight you can still vote. brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: overall, they are monitoring 28 states, including virginia but a federal judge quashed trouble brewing in one state. saying the polls were kept open two hours later than they were supposed to and a judge tossed that out. and cheryl conner is keeping tabs on the polling problems in our area today. >> the sticker shows proof she voted but brown said it cost her unnecessary time

we are at george c. marshall high school in falls church. this has been a steady stream of voters coming through the doors here to cast a ballot. the folks waited up to 45 minutes to be able to vote. they are expecting to get closer to the closing time of 7:00. they expect to see a crush of people coming in waiting to vote. this is as they are all righting reporting 45% in terms of the number of registered voters and those showing up a in the polls. on top of the 230% absentee ballots already cast ahead of today. but there will be a rush outside the beltway. in the last ten minutes we spoke to officials at the polling place asking about the problems. so far today they have not seen any here specifically. we'll know more as it gets closer. brianne carter, abc7 news. alison: we are deploying our team throughout the region. we'll have breaking results and the speeches right here on abc7. on wjla.com and our sister station jonathan: -- sister station, newschannel8. jonathan: now to breaking news. there is a house fire and the poll workers at a n

. >> reporter: he would be the first general to be secretary of defense since george c. marshal at the start of the korean war. the tradition of civilian control of the military dates back to george washington and the 1947 national security act which instituted a seven-year cooling off period for generals. before retiring in 2013, he served as the head of u.s. central command for three years. his opposition to the iran nuclear deal raised eyebrows in the west wing. >> it's an arms krog s control agreement that fell short. >> reporter: he never made any secret about who he believed posted the greatest risk to the u.s. >> iran presents the most significant regional threat to stability and security. >> reporter: general mattis was told to retire through months early. he was never given the courtesy of a phone call from president owe pa baa obama. he was handed a note informing him of the decision. >> reporter: what role would president obama play if any in whether or not mattis gets the job? >> general mattis would need a law passed by congress to make an exception to the seven-yea

. >> president franklin d roosevelt appointed general george c. marshall army chief of staff. next, professor andrew roberts discusses marshall's role in america's world war ii victories. he argues that he is a strategist and a transformed the u.s. army despite opposition from president roosevelt and winston churchill. the new york historical society hosted this event. it is just over 50 minutes. >> we are so very pleased to welcome back andrew roberts, the this thing wished fellow -- distinguished fellow at the new york historical society. in london and a recipient of the 2016 award. he serves as a visiting professor at king's college london.

. >> reporter: he would be the first general to be secretary of defense since george c. marshal at the start of the korean war. the tradition of civilian control of the military dates back to george washington and the 1947 national security act which instituted a seven-year cooling off period for generals. before retiring in 2013, he served as the head of u.s. central command for three years. his opposition to the iran nuclear deal raised eyebrows in the west wing. >> it's an arms krog s control agreement that fell short. >> reporter: he never made any secret about who he believed posted the greatest risk to the u.s. >> iran presents the most significant regional threat to stability and security. >> reporter: general mattis was told to retire through months early. he was never given the courtesy of a phone call from president owe pa baa obama. he was handed a note informing him of the decision. >> reporter: what role would president obama play if any in whether or not mattis gets the job? >> general mattis would need a law passed by congress to make an exception to the seven-yea

chief of staff george c. marshal. arguing his skills transformed the army. >> this man with a beautiful manners with a was incorruptible, aun astonishingly calm considering the pressure is on him. >> then the 1921 silent film honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue and then across the bridge into virginia. and i think what i've read is one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern, when american artifact. >> beautiful building. from the moment it opened, it was already too small for what it was about to face. constructed to handle about half million people a year and ended up handling in 1907 alone, 1,200,000 people. >> toured ellis island to learn about the experience. just before 9:00, in 1916 president wilson nominated boston lawyer louis to the united states supreme court becoming the first

army chief of staff george c. marshall in america's world war ii victories, arguing the skills as a strategist transformed the u.s. army. >> beautiful manners, incorruptible, single minded and astonishingly calm considering the pressures on him. >> then at 10:00 on reel america, the 1921 silent film created by the u.s. army signal core honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with folks waiting for the caskets to be removed and brought down by the honor guard across pennsylvania avenue, and into virginia. i think what i've read is one of the largest tourpbouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening 6:00 eastern on american artifacts. >> beautiful building. from the moment it opened, it was already too small for what it was about to the face. constructed to handle half a million people a year. it ended up handling, in 1907 alone, 1.2 million people. >> we tour ellis island immigration museum in new york city to learn about the immigrant experience. and ju

that was general george c. marshall during the korean war.e. however, i think it's very, very possible that general mattis, given the quality of this individual and the bipartisan support behind him, could receive such a waiver. but it's meant to keep general officers from -- from just having a revolving door from going out of uniform and then right into commanding as a civilian the same formations they just left. >> as you point out, he does have bipartisan support democrats have come out in favor for him. people like donald trump favor him as well, it seems. we don't know exactly if he'll get a position in the cabinet, but, james, what can you tell us about him in terms of his leadership and appetite for war, would he want to send in more troops? what can we learn from him? >> first of all, i think he has an extraordinary reputation among military people as well as civilians who have worked with him or know him for ability and wry sense of humor and extraordinary record as a soldier, marine. i know him mainly through e-mails. we share an in

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army chief of staff general george c. marshall in america's world war ii victories, arguing the general's skills as a strategist transformed the u.s. army. >> this pennsylvanian gentleman with beautiful manners was incorruptible, single minded and astonishingly calm considering the pressures on limn. >>> at 10:00 on "reel america" the 1921 silent film created by the signal corps honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue. and then across the bridge into virginia. and i think what i've read is one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >>> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american artifacts -- >> it's a beautiful building and from the moment it opened it was already too small for what it was about to face. constructed to handle about a half a million people a year, it ended up handling in 1907 alone, 1,200,000. >> we tour ellis island immig

army chief of staff george c marshall in america's world war ii victories arguing his skills transformed the u.s. army, despite opposition from president ross vilt and winston churchill. >> he had a highly ordered mind at the matter before him. a skill at delegating once he had the general incompetence and leaving only his trusted tenants and an undoubtedly hard work ethic. this man was beautiful manner was astonishingly welcome considering the pressures on him. >> and then at 10:00 on real america, the silent film created by the u.s. army signal core of the ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. documenting the return of the remains in france and in washington, d.c. to arlington. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue and across the bridge into virginia. and i think what i have read is one of the largest turn outs for any parade in any city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern, american art facts. >> the beautiful building and from the

night a little after 7:00 eastern, kings college london andrew roberts discusses chief of staff george c. marshall in world war ii. >> this pennsylvania gentleman, beautiful manners was incorruptible, single minded and astonishingly calm considering the pleasures on hand. >> at 10:00 on reel america, the u.s. army signal core honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue and then across the bridge into virginia. that was one of the largest turnouts for any parade. >> 6:00 p.m. eastern sunday on american artifacts. >> a beautiful building. from the moment it opened it was already too the small for what it was about to the face. about a half a million people a year. it ended up handle anything 1907 alone over a million people. >> we tour the ellis island. woodrow wilson nominated louis brandeis to sit on the highest court in commemoration of the 100th anniversary, we talk about the justice's life, career, and legacy. >> what he is trying to do

kings college london andrew roberts, discusses the role of general george c. marshall, arguing the general's skills as a strategist transformed the u.s. army. >> beautiful manners, was incorruptible, single minded and astonishingly calm. >> then at 10:00, on real america, the 1921 silent film created by the u.s. army signal corps honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who were waiting for the casket to be removed. i think what i've read, this is one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american artifacts. >> beautiful building, from the moment it opened, it was already too small. constructed to handle a half a million people a year, it ended up handling in 1907 alone, a million 200,000 people. >> we tour the ellis island museum to learn about the immigrant experience. in 1916, president wilson nominated how we brandeis to the united states supreme court in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination he talks about the justices life, career

army chief of staff general george c. marshall in america's world war ii victories, arguing the general's skills as a strategist transformed the u.s. army. >> this pennsylvanian gentleman with beautiful manners was incorruptible, single minded, and astonishingly calm. >> then at 10:00 on real america, the 1921 silent film created by the u.s. army signal corps honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania avenue and then across the bridge into the virginia. and i think what i've read is it is one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american artifacts. >> the beautiful building and from the moment it opened it was already too small for what it was about to face. constructed to handle about a half a million people a year, it ended up handling in 1907 alone a 1,207,000 people. >> just before 9:00, in 1916 president

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george marshall said later this was his experience with vast mobilization and creating a mass movement of people towards one objective. organizing the camps in illinois. c does is national park infrastructure. they did all of this public works performed by the civilian conservation corps under the u.s. army. remainsdous legacy that visible in our country today and helps preserve our national treasure during a time of great crisis. macarthur's tenure as chief of staff of the army was a very positive thing. and it had some negative things things. it was certainly turbulent. but he stays in it for five years. that had been extended a little more than the normal four-year term. in 1945, there is not really a suitable job for him. he has done everything an army officer can expect to do. until the philippines called. a place he had it before, a place he enjoyed, a place he had friends. they hire him as their military advisor. until 1935 they will be independent. 1946 they need someone to advise and create a philippine army and who better to do that than the outgoing u.s. army chief of staff. macarthur accepts. in the fall of 1935, he leaves washington. as far

weekend on american history tv, on c-span3, saturday night, a little after 7:00 eastern, king's college london discusses the roll up -- discusses the role of george see marshall arguing the general's skills transform the u.s. army despite opposition from president roosevelt and british prime minister winston churchill. >> he had a highly ordered mind and a talent for total concentration. a skillet delegating once -- leaving only his trusted officials and a work ethic. this gentleman with beautiful manners was single-minded and astonishingly calm considering the pressures on him. thet 10:00 on will america, 1921 silent uncreated by the u.s. army signal corps of the ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i, documenting the journey of this alter's remains from france to the u.s. capitol rotunda and its procession through washington d.c. to arlington. >> it was tremendous. the streets of washington were lined with thousands of folks who waited for the casket to be removed and brought by the honor guard down pennsylvania and across the bridge. is it is one of the largest turnouts for any parade in the city. >> sunday evening at 6:00 eastern on american