. >> you were basically dividing the german army with this invasion. >> placing the german army in aundrum it can't solve. it has to fight in two directions at once. it was having enough trouble fighting the soviets by themselves. it was a two-front war. that's what we're after here. >> you're looking at the crowd here which stretches up the middle of the cemetery between two rows of trees that lead to the memorial at one end of the cemetery where, as you can see, you can see the veterans on a big screen set up. this applause is for those veterans. there are about 50 american veterans who made the journey. >> i think we're responsible for 25 -- i have to look at the exact count. we've had two ships and spread between the two ships. you said rock star. one standing o after another. i'm glad to see another one. >> from what i've seen, they've clearly enjoyed it. >> they've enjoyed it. >> they've enjoyed getting together. they talk to each other like 18-year-old boys, which is what they were when they invaded these beaches. >> it's an extraordinary bond having this experience. very few

, but the fa ct guts out of the german army, but the fact that it was coming from both sides markedhrough portsmouth harbour, along the solent, a lovely ship, a cruise ship that people pay a lot of money to travel on, very different from the conditions in which the young soldiers and sailors... and the weather is very much better, nearly all the people in the small crafts we re all the people in the small crafts were seasick a very unpleasant, some of them were jolly glad to get ashore, even though it was terrifying. they were all primed and ready to go, then eisenhower had to hold it. forecasting us win, it was stopped, and any met office said, there there is a window, and that was an immensely important decision, and the fact we went in that window confused the germans. they had not expected us to come at that stage, with the weather as it was, and we managed to get everyone ashore via the mulberry before the big storm, which devastated the mulberry harbour. let's talk about the ceremonial, because it is important in the navy in terms of doing things ina in the navy in terms of do

focus their effort in one place. >> the key to ensuring the invasion force would face a vulnerable german armyoosing a strategic landing point. >> they picked normandy, the germans expected invasion to come at caillat. -- calais. >> the french region of pas-de-calais was closer to england. >> 5 beaches. and they were spread out among 60 miles of coastline. >> a shrewd point of infiltration. to storm those 5 beaches. >> we'll try to liberate part of it we have to put millions of men through the beach head. >> 11,000 airplanes, 50 thousand vehicles, and 6 thousand ships to include landing craft, never before in the history of military operations has anything like that. and never has there been anything since. >> there are three british empire beaches, gold is a british beach, and two american beaches. >> during 1943 and 44, nazis had most effort focused on soviet union in the east, increasing ally chances of victory at normandy. >> allied leaders choreographed the invasion, keeps details classified even from those who would fight on the front lines. >> we knee w knew we would haven invasion. how

well the witness that has come forward is a former so they're off to german army and on the night of the killing and he had a gun shot and he also so 2 cars racing through the town of again that's where of otto luka and he used to to leave so that's according to several reliable german media outlets and that would mean that the suspect who has remained in custody and remained silent in custody ever since his arrest has and acted alone so that. several paper trade off the killing is being investigating again according to several german news outlets here by the federal prosecutions office so we're talking about there possibly be more than one person involved in this killing how significant is this going to be there would be for the entire investigation was very significant indeed and what i what's interesting tonight is that wholesale for so far tempered this hypothesis he said that there was no proof so far that a paper trail had been acted alone that there's no proof that this wasn't an isolated fact however days highlights gemini's very difficult history with with its right wing lik

east aimed at calming tensions over iran and salvaging its nuclear deal in jordan mas praised the german army's role in the region calling it a vital part of the fight against so-called islamic state. one of russia's top investigative journalists has been hospitalized hours after being charged with large scale drug dealing police detained eve on gold or no fun thursday his employer independent website says the charges are motivated by his work but accuses authorities of beating him. today is world oceans day the annual observation helps draw attention to efforts to protect the oceans and their ecosystems one of the biggest threats they face is plastic more than 100000000 tons of plastic waste have collected in the oceans causing chaos in some coastal regions did. travel to sierra leone to see why the capital freetown is struggling to cope. the best way to get from freetown airport to downtown is by boat captain sagal months array of seat express has to making the journey 15 years his biggest challenge navigating through all the plastic debris is very very. very very dangerous as it is very very

latest witness you has come forward well we know that dissuades nose is a former so there with the german army and on the night of the killing of. he had a gun shot and he also was so 2 cars driving erratically through the town of the town where driver. used to leave now according to various reliable news outlets here in germany that will mean that the suspect who has remained in custody and who has remained silent ever since his arrest and might have been edited from that hasn't wouldn't have acted alone so the possibility of having one or several people involved in to killing of are to only is being investigated by the federal of prosecution's office yet again according to several german broadcasts not listen is a case of we're saying that there is a possibility that the killer or killers may have had accomplices how significant would that be then for this entire investigation. well that might lead us towards the hypothesis of a right wing cell which would be something quite quite disturbing here in germany and indeed many voices were raised across the political spectrum asking for the prose

theor five months before german army had invaded western europe, and france fell within a space of a couple of weeks. and the fall of france created a, in the united states, it had an immediate impact in the united states. people were asking -- how come this country with a strong army fell so quickly? and the answer that was given in many cases was the presence of nazi agents behind french lines. and the idea of nazi agents coming into countries like france, scandinavian countries, and them threatening the united states was -- yes spread through american public opinion extremely quickly. in june of 1940 after the fall of france received about 1000 -- 3000 telephone tips a day about the presence of not the agents. people were calling up the fbi, saying they heard some german hereghout the street, and was a perfectly respectable german family, perhaps a german jewish family, and they were reported to the fbi. this led to a climate in the u.s. where legitimate national security concerns became a phobia about enemy agents coming into the country. a man called breckenridge long state, and

reporter: the witness is a former soldier of the german army remit on the night of the killing, he heard gunshot and he also saw two cars racing through the town where lubcke used to live. that's according to several reliable german media outlets. that would mean that the suspect, who has remained in custody and remain silent in custody since his arrest, -- several perpetrators are being investigated, according to several german news outlets. brent: we are talking about there possibly be more than one person involved in this killing. how significant is this going to be, or would it be for the entire investigation? reporter: it's very significant indeed. what is interesting is that so far they say there was no proof that the perpetrator acted alone, there is no proof that it wasn't an isolated fact. but it highlights germany's very difficult history with its right wing, like the federal office for the rejection of the constitution lists around 12,000 individuals who are right wing sympathizers across the country, and while not all of them might be prone to violence, that is still a worryi

tim: it'd didn't tie the german 15th army. it was -- it did tie up the german 15th army. it goes back to the german's intelligence. nymex early that people were walking around with dummy tanks -- not necessarily that people walk around with dummy tanks. rick: there was a more robust force to come across the channel. they kept their defenses well into the summer to the great advantage of those who landed at enough toit is hard fight it through the hedgerows. the germans had made calculations that were simply wrong. they do not have the strategic and operational intelligence to tell them this is the main landing. this not a subsequent big relenting coming behind. it.anding, and behind it worked out quite well for the allies. tim: german intelligence turned out to be an oxymoron. it is a privilege to speak to you. i have been a fan for many years. just telling the story of world war ii and the individual soldiers, there is nobody better. you are my cornelius ryan. i appreciate everything you do. [applause] and your new book is fabulous and all the reviews have been incredible

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he had a soldier's perspective for the german army. the germans fought well, even when they are fighting with 16-year-olds when they ran out of men. he admired their discipline, hated what the country had done. that is my answer. i do not see any of that in his early career. i cannot find that there. i know ultimately it was very important to him. >> was his ethnicity something he ever talked about? prof. galambos: he did not talk about that, no. it was not a big subject with him. just going by the long written record, you go by what is there. you do not see it. >> thank you. prof. galambos: over here? >> yes, i have such admiration for the range of ike's accomplishments, but i keep coming back to the question of iran and guatemala. an interesting data point of the first national security conference meeting with the cia where they proposed a coup in -- against the iranian leaders, ike's first impulse was, we loan him money and help him stabilize his government. which is from the declassified minutes of that meeting. by the end, he is st

people were given the choice of working to death of slave labor or serving in the german army. some of those guys. and the 300 and 52nd infantry division which is mostly german but a better unit. interesting little anecdote, one of the soldiers was polish- american. and he encountered a polish soldier who just shot at him and his guys and he was not pleased he took this guy and kicked him in the pants, he took him prisoner walked him back down omaha beach. i say, i don't blame him. he's angry. but think about the conundrum that that soldiers in. his german ncos ready kill him if he doesn't open far, think about where the war has taken him. now has to open fire at somebody who's one of his countrymen. that is what the war had done to a lot of people. and the polish being a good example. that's why say that the average german implementation and freeman was not a great example , it is the are telling the other one firepower that is controlled by other folks. >> when and why did they get rid of the entire shingle? >> the shingle bank i mentioned where a lot of people took cover, in

. >> it's the russian alliance, which forces the german army to divide its forces, and the second would be the impact of the brits. but the russians in the beginning even more so, right? well, it hant changed. here's russia -- it hadn't changed. here's russia still. now, liberal pragmatic french diplomats understood that so much that they even formed a non aggression pact with the russians in 1935, which is ratified by the french chamber in february of 1936. in fact, hitler used that as the excuse to remilitarize the rhind -- rhineland. perfect for the brits. they loved it. look, they are making an alliance with the bolsheviks, the judeo-bolsheviks. this is crazy, he says. we are the defenders of the west. we must be able to defend ourselves. that's why we have to remilitarize the rhineland. the french go to the brits and the brits say we don't want any part of this. don't go further with this. or you cannot count on us. so they actually have a military pact that they do nothing to strengthen for three whole years while hitler is making his gains all across central europe. the french an

the german army surrendered to eisenhower in northern africa. so, we come to the book that is being launched tonight, volume iii. i can reveal that my editor was somewhat surprised at the title. he thought it had been used before. [laughter] mr. hamilton: well, yes, but a long time ago! and nobody else had thought to use it since. [laughter] mr. hamilton: so, i thought it was pretty appropriate, "war and peace." this third volume also begins with a voyage, a journey. it begins with fdr sailing on a new american battleship, the uss iowa, with his chiefs of staff to north africa. i am looking at a picture that is very small, but i think you can see general marshall, admiral leahy, and admiral king. they are going to north africa because they were going to go on to cairo and there, once again, he is going to meet with his opposite number, the prime minister of britain, winston churchill. but, before he gets to cairo he , he wants to make quite certain that he has a chance to talk with the american commander-in-chief, allied commander-in-chief in th

at omaha or utah or if you were british or canadian in juneau, under the withering fire from the german army that was raining down on those first landing craft the touched the beach. it is quite extraordinary. i don't think many young people who are alive today could imagine what those young people went through. when you consider so many of them were 18, 19 years old. they had never been out of their home state little-known out of country and this was their first deployment after basic training and they were told to go into the teeth of hell in a landing craft in 8-foot waves. all of them so sick all they wanted to do was get their feet on dry land and face the bloodbath they face and still fights on trying to gain a beachhead here. just extraordinary, extraordinary bravery. personally i could not imagine going through that hell but they did. they went through it willingly, they went through it bravery and they eventually won the war. rob: we watch the president of the united states and france walked down and move through we are about to get this underway. you mentioned in the last hour the

unguarded with the german army, the first players landed. allies and taken to scotland as a prisoner of war. and how did you feel about that? 12 when the germans invaded her village, shejoined the resistance and was sent to help the wounded on d—day. reporting from northwest france, tell me about why the extraordinary conversations he has had today. tell me about why the extraordinary conversations he has had todaylj think conversations he has had today.” think of a question i asked here to a tour guide who spent 30 years and more guiding tourist around here and spend a lot of that has been with a lot of veterans and talked about trauma, we know today that soldiers returning from iraq and afghanistan and elsewhere, many of them suffer posttraumatic stress in the ministry of defence, other armies on the road are trained to deal with that and trend of work out how to deal with that. he said that a few years back, he met a veteran who had spent 72 yea rs he met a veteran who had spent 72 years since d—day having sleepless nights and he thought t

on guard with the german army, paul saw the first flares land on the beach. how did you feel about that? colette was 12 when the germans invaded her village and she joined the resistance and was sent to help the resistance and was sent to help the wounded on d—day. leanne has been awarded the highest honour in france. how did it feel to get that middle? couldn't care less? a lot of people think you're a hero. how often do you think about that day? what life lessons has it taught you? memories from some of the french people who lived through that innovation. as france was slowly reta ken innovation. as france was slowly reta ke n by innovation. as france was slowly retaken by allied troops beginning on the 6th ofjune, 1944. while there had been commemorations not only yesterday but also today. the duke of cambridge was at the national memorial arboretum to meet vetera ns national memorial arboretum to meet veterans there. and they duke of sussex met veterans at the chelsea hospital and chatted to them about their experiences. in fact, that's like i have been t

on guard with the german army, paul saw the first flare slant on the beach.of war. how did you feel about that? i was happy not to have to shoot any more. we did not want to fight. leon has been awarded the highest honour in france. how did it feel to get that middle? couldn't care less? i'm proud of what i done, but that's all. of people think you a hero. they are wrong. how often do you think about the day. they are wrong. how often do you think about the daylj they are wrong. how often do you think about the day. i don't think about it anymore. we want to forget that. killing a human is not very nice. the enemy have got a family, the same as we have. killing another man is difficult. the last four days have involved a focus on president donald trump of the united states. he has had his visit to the uk, ireland, today in normandy and he has met briton's prime minister theresa may, the irish leader leo radtke here, he met separately away from the public view with the french president emmanuel macron —— irish leader leo coughjoining us cough joining us now co

field marshal rommel, who was in charge of the german army northern france, his idea was to hit the alliesere landing, were seasick and terrified. but of course, the panzer divisions could not be released without hitler's orders and he was fast asleep in bavaria and knew nothing about the landing is taking place. amazing to think about what was going on in a high level of german command 75 years ago. but today is not about the commanders, mick, is it? it's about the 300 veterans here today remembering and also those who lost their lives then but have died since, as your dad, who has passed away in recent years. he passed away in 1992. for me, away in recent years. he passed away in1992. for me, i'm away in recent years. he passed away in 1992. for me, i'm very proud of what my father did and of course, i think my father likewise would be very proud of what the country is doing today, to commemorate those events 75 years ago. that is the essential thing is we see the picture of your dad, that we continue to tell the stories of him in the many others because these vetera ns a re in the many

army vulnerable. so, a raid was planned on the german occupied port of dieppe.ear the deepest wound. as for the 6,000 men who fought, 4,000 were captured, wounded or killed. the prime of canada. —— the prime minister. he speaks french. this is the citation of lieutenant colonel cecil merritt victoria cross — the first canadian to be awarded a victoria cross in world war two. from the point of landing, his unit's advance had to be made across a bridge in pourville which was swept by very heavy machine—gun, mortar and artillery fire — the first parties were mostly destroyed and the bridge thickly covered by their bodies. a daring lead was required. waving his helmet, lieutenant colonel merritt rushed forward shouting, 'come on over! there's nothing to worry about here.‘ he thus personally led the survivors of at least four parties in turn across the bridge. quickly organising these, he led them forward. and when held by enemy pill—boxes he again headed rushes which succeeded in clearing them. after several of his runners became casualties, he himself kept contact

army group totally fiction. >> they had spies convincing the germans the organizations existed. >> they put up tents and kept fires reconnaissance aircraft came across into scotland where the british army group was in theory in place. that's what they saw. so the germans were convinced it was going to be an attack in the northern part of europe in norway and sweden. >> the day drew closer and the true prospect of the mission was revealed. >> little by little they fed us information. normandy, they simply told us you open your mouth you're out of here. >> the mission was when we landed, we had to take the ground and we had to try and establish a foothold in france proper. >> it was time for troops to embark on their journey to the coast of france. general eisenhower prepared the troops for battle. >> the great crusade toward which we have strifsh en these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you >> bill: catch a longer version. you can see it today on fox nation, log on and sign out and check it out there. >> sandra: let's bring in florida congressman who served in the u.s. army for 12 years and lost both le

managed to persuade them there was this first us army group commanded by general patton group were ready to invade. they whole point was to pin down the germanctually that there was going to be a second invasion coming, so they held them back. was going to be a second invasion coming, so they held them backm was extraordinarily successful. so successful and although thousands of allied troops died on d—day, presumably the casualty figures would have been much, much higher had that deception not worked? it would have been, but in fact the casualty figures on d—day, with roughly 3000 allied casualties, 3000 allied dead, which much lower than what they'd expected. they expected many more to have been drowned, altogether they were expecting about four times as many to be killed on d—day itself. the realfighting, as isaid, came d—day itself. the realfighting, as i said, came later, when infantry casualties alone were running at 80% above what they had expected. so from that point of view, both churchill and general montgomery became very worried about whether there would be a british army left by the time they got to berlin. so is it right to see

my cousin was captured twice by the germans with the u.s. army in europe.n i looked at what we were able to achieve in bosnia, which i was extremely involved in, and we lost not one soldier to hostile fire, and what is occurring in africa syria and iraq and afghanistan, we have to be vigilant and we need to be ableo have what we call shar values and come together as nations, as a people. i hope the sacrifices by those veterans of world war ii will not be forgotten. laura: you talk about shared values. the institutions of today, nato and the u.n., grew out of therl rubble of war ii. do you worry that those shared values are under attack? gen. joulwan: i was ked that enestion some years ago. i was a second liet and graduated from west point when the berlin wall was being built and the cold war was upon us. i was a lieutenant general in germany when the i dn curtain can in 1989. we then started to enlarge the alliance with the partnerships for peace. i think the values are enduring, and we have remember that free people, free choice, come together with a share

a lot of the guys hitting the beaches, resistance from the german army was to fierce and bloody. >> maria that were they were faced from machine guns. dagen: talking about the weather, guided by light of the ships and during their rise president then elect john f kennedy on inauguration day turn today eisenhower and asked why the morning invasion had been so successful, his answer because we had better meteorologists than the germans did. i encourage everyone to read the book d day by steven ambrose, intense and gets into the moment by moment planning in particular of the d-day invasion from the paratroopers. the book is incredible and i encourage everybody to read it so that the stories are not lost generation after generation. maria: total of 12 countries involved. uk, united states and canada, and we are going to get back live to normandy when the president takes the podium but we want to also take a look at markets this morning, we are looking at a better in markets after stops rally for second day, 69 points, s&p is up 7, the nasdaq is up 28, potential hopes of interest rate cuts is

if you look at the history of the western front, it is the german army that initiates the meant. default theirompensated for growing lack of manpower by the engineers planning the most sophisticated field fortifications in world history that would take johnston's lines look like peanuts. that is why you say on a scale and a sophistication level, the europeans did it all on their own in world war ii. they didn't need the example of america. german engineer had looked at the atlantic campaign, he would have laughed. that is just my guess. that is my interpretation of it here it few can boil that down into a nutshell, tell it to your wife. [laughter] >> am from miami florida. my question was, is there any how thece in confederate and federal soldiers built trenches in their skill or style? if there is, why? mr. hess: interesting question. the answer is yes. up another interesting point i wanted to say and forgot. if you want to look at trenches in the atlantic campaign you are lucky. go to kennesaw mountain national park. five to six along miles of preserved confederate trench. so p

. ♪ ♪ narrator: as the allied armies rolled forward, thousands of german prisoners were filtered to theem. ♪ narrator: scores of our older merchant vessels have been scuttled to protect against the treacherous seas. but now, the full fury of a channel gale swept our invasion coast. [wind roaring] ♪ narrator: the sea had taken its toll, adding to the high price we had already paid in men and ships. ♪ narrator: the "flying angel" was among our coast guard losses. young bill jackson will never sing in your choir again. i have already written his parents. that's the hardest part of our task -- those last letters we in the chaplain corps must write. there are so many deeds of courage and sacrifice that cannot be measured in mere words. they must be recorded by a much greater power than is ours. so much for now, old friend. the great crusade of liberation is well begun. i, myself, have been more than fortunate. my prayer is that i will always be with my boys in whatever trials may lie ahead. ♪ ♪ >> medical service in the invasion of normandy details the logistics involved in treating wounded

they caught the german army off guard. >> sandra: out a bit about what you just saw, the commemorative parachute in which two british veterans, we are told, are joining 250 parachutists and a parachute regiment. they are dropping in. as we see these images coming, benjamin hall reporting on all of this. he is live from portsmouth this morning. benjamin, what a day it has been and continues to be there. good morning. >> good morning. an incredible day. you are right. emotional and very uplifting. this is the home of the british navy, and it was right here that d-day was planned and then finally executed. just a stone's throw away from where general eisenhower was. the commander at the time, but that would be here 75 years ago. this whole area would be covered in thousands of soldiers, waiting to cross france appeared ready to storm the beaches of normandy. try finally to push back the nazis. and it was d-day that really turned the tide and not great war. we saw and heard from a lot of veterans today, and it was the most emotional thing of the ceremony. telling us just how it felt to be

even field marshal rommel, the head of the german army, he said as much himself. so reporting the news events, they did so just after reporting the news events, they did sojust after eight reporting the news events, they did so just after eight a.m.. remember, these landings began just after 6:30 a.m.. news of the d—day landings was broken to the nation in a special radio report. it has been recreated for us by the actor benedict cumberbatch. between 0630 and 0730 hours this morning, two naval task forces commanded by rear admiral sir philip von, flying this flag... three enemy torpedo boats with armed trawlers in company attempted to interfere with the operation and we re interfere with the operation and were promptly driven off. one enemy trawler was sunk and another severely damaged. the assault forces moved towards the beach under cover of heavy bombardment by destroyers and support craft, and gliders carrying large forces of troops also made successful landings at a number of points. reports show that our forces succeeded in their initial landings. fighting c

on guard with the german army, paul saw the first flows land on the beach.tta was 12 when the germans invaded her village. shejoined the resista nce invaded her village. shejoined the resistance and was sent to help the wounded on d—day. leon has been awarded the highest honour in france. how did it feel to get that medal? couldn't care less. a lot of people think you are a hero. how often do you think about the day? what life lessons has it taught you? it stops you in your tracks every time when you hear people talking. and that line at that so many vetera ns and that line at that so many veterans say, don't call me a hero. don't call me a hero. we hear it every time. and the remainder there of the impact on french civilians. tens of thousands of them died in the d—day landings. tens of thousands of them died in the d-day landings. it is time to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. council officials working around g re nfell tower council officials working around grenfell tower have been accused of racism by th

army sent him into german territory in the fall of 1904 he had never left the us the back of farms of rural north carolina they were the only world that he knew now my grandfather survived an ambush by german soldiers by playing dead he didn't flinch when a german soldier used to bathe in it to stamp his wrist to make sure that the bullets had worked he was the only survivor in his company he received a purple heart the medal that's given to us soldiers who were wounded in battle he received that when he returned home but that could not prevent the 20 years of nightmares that would follow and he never talked about the war like most in his generation those soldiers were the strong silent type as their numbers nailed window wild strongman leaders are multiplying in challenging the peace and principles that those legions of grandfathers secured force i don't know what my grandfather would say about the leaders of today but i am confident he would tell us to do the right thing to make sure another generation doesn't have its own nightmares or the day is almost done the conversation contin