now, the german government knew hindenburg and ludendorff were behind, by the way. they knew this would bring the americans into the war, but they had a logic to this, and the logic was this by early 1917, britain was the one country that was standing germany and final victory. the reasoning was, if we can starve, i mean, literally starve the british people. britain will be forced to sue for peace with britain out of the war. we can defeat the french. war's over. and we will win. the americans will come into the war. but their army is so small and it will take them so long to mobilize that they will not have any presence on the battlefield. so. so from that perspective, this plan makes sense. guarantee. the foreign minister, this man arthur zimmermann, went a step further. he decided that the germans could distract the by inducing mexico to join the war. and for reasons i've never been able to fathom to have japan switch sides. but japan taking on was german territory in asia, in the pacific, they switched sides, who knows? but that's the reason. in berlin. okay, se

the german government knew, hindenburg knew that this would bring the americans into the war. they had a logic to this. the logic was this. by early 1917 britain was the one country that was standing between germany and final victory. the reasoning was if we can literally starve the british people, british will be forced to sue for peace with britain out of the war, we can defeat the french. the war is over, and we will win. the americans will come into the war, but their army is so small and it will take them so long to mobilize they will not have any presence on the battlefield. from that perspective this plan makes sense. to guarantee it, the german foreign minister, this man, arthur zimmerman, went a step further. he decided that the germans could distract the americans by inducing mexico to join the war. for reasons i have never been able to fathom, to have japan switch sides. we japan of taking all of this german territory in the pacific and asia, why they switch sides, who knows? that is what happened in 1916. in the process, the americans would be so distracted on thei

i compared to a tactical retreat, not perhaps the same as the hindenburg line , 1917, but saying do nottermination of the russians here. well we now see that in cars back route and other cities . now, they may and other cities. now, they may be by ukraine, but they're coming under sustained shelling . some of it, of course, is aimed at infrastructure, but inevitably there will be a significant number of civilian casualties are now beginning to see ukrainian civilians leaving. curzon on and other areas. i have a really dark feeling about what russia intends to do to those ukrainian cities over the course of this winter . am course of this winter. am i right? am i wrong? well former chief of the general staff , lord chief of the general staff, lord richard dannatt, joins me from norfolk to discuss that very issue . lord dannatt is the issue. lord dannatt is the beginning of , the classic putin beginning of, the classic putin tactic , literally shelling towns tactic, literally shelling towns and to the ground . well, he's and to the ground. well, he's been doing that really pretty much sin

you know, the germans went back to the hindenburg line in 1917 and look how tough it was to break thate? it's hard, isn't it? it's a tough one. i mean, ijust it's hard, isn't it? it's a tough one. i mean, i just think we're in trench warfare for a really long and i doubt can really long time and i doubt can make those kind of big inroads. yeah. final question, how is it costing me up costing me to light up westminster behind you ? well, i westminster behind you? well, i tell you what, it may be called stigma taxpayer, a fortune for those watching on television. but it looks magnificent . and i but it looks magnificent. and i think we can safely that our members parliament behind us in that building are working hard and diligently and putting the interests of the country and their constituents anything else or alien to strangers. but i just don't know. final quick thought, 10 seconds from you. reputation. the politicians in britain and america and. a bad place. the sewer . i think that place. the sewer. i think that they we should revalue who we put in the government. we need to hold th

you know, the germans went back to the hindenburg line in 1917 and look how tough it was to break thate? it's hard, isn't it? it's a tough one. i mean, ijust it's hard, isn't it? it's a tough one. i mean, i just think we're in trench warfare for a really long and i doubt can really long time and i doubt can make those kind of big inroads. yeah. final question, how is it costing me up costing me to light up westminster behind you ? well, i westminster behind you? well, i tell you what, it may be called stigma taxpayer, a fortune for those watching on television. but it looks magnificent . and i but it looks magnificent. and i think we can safely that our members parliament behind us in that building are working hard and diligently and putting the interests of the country and their constituents anything else or alien to strangers. but i just don't know. final quick thought, 10 seconds from you. reputation. the politicians in britain and america and. a bad place. the sewer . i think that place. the sewer. i think that they we should revalue who we put in the government. we need to hold th

i compared to a tactical retreat, not perhaps the same as the hindenburg line , 1917, but saying do nottermination of the russians here. well we now see that in cars back route and other cities . now, they may and other cities. now, they may be by ukraine, but they're coming under sustained shelling . some of it, of course, is aimed at infrastructure, but inevitably there will be a significant number of civilian casualties are now beginning to see ukrainian civilians leaving. curzon on and other areas. i have a really dark feeling about what russia intends to do to those ukrainian cities over the course of this winter . am course of this winter. am i right? am i wrong? well former chief of the general staff , lord chief of the general staff, lord richard dannatt, joins me from norfolk to discuss that very issue . lord dannatt is the issue. lord dannatt is the beginning of , the classic putin beginning of, the classic putin tactic , literally shelling towns tactic, literally shelling towns and to the ground . well, he's and to the ground. well, he's been doing that really pretty much sin

then, there was this very convenient chain of accidents, and hindenburg ended up in power.treated very aggressively by both the national socialists and those who supported them at the time. we know who their supporters were, including those representing german industry, among others. treated meaning? meaning that power could be handed over and put in the hands of a stronger man. i have signed a decree appointing prime minister vladimir vladimirovich putin as president of russia. he will be the head of state for three months. reich president hindenburg was surrounded by a large clique that played a decisive role, especially franz von papen, one of his closest. they sincerely believed that the mass nsdap movement led by hitler could be used to bring order to parliament. that everything would be formalized within the framework of the constitution, but that there would be an absolute majority in parliament at the expense of the nationalists that would be ready to fulfill the desired goals. "the situation is controlled by abramovich, berezovsky, dyachenko, voloshin, and others.