bulls and hitler aligned. identifying gerbils wasn't a problem but while since really the corpse of hitler. the autopsy proved inconclusive the doctors could not unlike with gravel say with absolute certainty whether the remains were really throws of the dictator. the last hope for his teams. but only a little consequently upper jaw was well preserved the lower jaw to the still had 15000. on may 8th my superior officer major. told me to go and see him. he gave me a burgundy colored box and said those are hitler's teeth because you're responsible for the. all 98 the guns fell silent as the unconditional surrender of the van marked came into effect people celebrated the end of a war that had claimed millions of victims but yelena stayed away from the victory celebrations instead she carefully guarded a box lined with red satin. it probably contained hitler's final remains. in berlin columns horsed representatives of the allies and german field marshall general vilhelm title match at soviet headquarters overseen

of hitler's remains. prisoner most of the witness states i clearly recognize the gold teeth and the dentures i was shown that. darwin was immediately informed about the remains and their identification. he now knew that hitler was dead. to begin with. yet 7 weeks later at the popstar conference stalin told his western allies that the dictator was in good health and had probably defected. but you must tell him why didn't stalin tell his allies probably because keeping it a secret could prove useful for the perfect. it was in the story of hitler's death shows how suspicious stalin was of the west. stalin's lie about hitler's death was up held for almost 50 years proof of hitler's death was kept under wraps until the soviet union became history only them was the truth finally told. me nothing can be hidden. if everything comes out in the end. for the soviet union world war 2 began in june 1941 after a surprise invasion by hitler within a few months the enemy was outside moscow stalin ordered the mass mobiliz

hitler was he alive or dead. roof. german radio announced the death of a few who fell in his heroic battle against bolshevism shortly afterwards german chief of staff hun skype's went to soviet headquarters he wanted to begin surrender negotiations and told marshall georg a jew called about hitler's death. so while bitter fighting continued on the streets of berlin the small soviet advance units with yelena the interpreter reached the chancery. close by was the bunker where hitler had possibly been hiding for several months. they found a chaotic scene the ground powered by shells and corpses lying everywhere they quickly recognised one body josef goebbels then those of his wife and their 6 children. it was body hadn't yet been found but the next day the news of his death made the headlines while wife except in the soviet union. the official communist party newspaper and voice of the kremlin wrote that the claim hitler was dancing was a ruse to enable him to escape. similarly in paris managed. they question the re

of hitler's remains . jill and i had got on well with us now she knew she had never been released. from the area and on the morning of june 29th 1045 at 6 o'clock i was transported in a van with 7 other prisoners to a berlin airfield and put on a cargo plane to moscow on arrival we were immediately taken in a police van to loop younker prison and put in solitary confinement my cell was very small just 7 paces long with water running down the black painted walls. when you can you myatt new school she didn't know how long they would keep her there or what she was accused of. all the new the new mining but she didn't understand why she was there so what is after all. a decent thing that i spent 6 years in solitary confinement in august 1051 they charged me with helping a bush was state prolonging the war by participating in hitler's dental health care that they said i should have killed hitler for example by breaking a bottle over his head during treatment that way i would have saved the world. and done it as

ago, april 19 45, that adolf hitler committed suicide. 20 years earlier in 1923, hitler's led and attempted coup which came to be known as the beer hall putsch. up next on history bookshelf, david king recalls hitler's's trial for high treason for his part in the coup and reports hitler's used the trial to promote his political ideology. he spent nine months in prison and spent his time writing "mein kampf." politicsg spoke at the and prose bookstore in washington dc in 2017. [indiscernible conversations] bennard: good evening, everyone. a bit of housekeeping. please silence your cell phones. we don't want them to bring while david king is talking. filming us. is so later in the question and answer portion, if you would please go to the microphone on this side so that you can be heard. after the event, before the signing, if you would please take your chairs and lean them helpst something solid, to make this store orderly looking again. at a time when there is growing unease among sensible people because of the rise of fascism, it is important for us to look toward the past and analyze the

but that hitler. up close, across the room, hitler in all of his narcissism, his megalomania, his mesmerizing demagoguery. hr knickerbocker said he was probably the greatest spellbinder of all he said actually in his memoir he was number two. the one person who was a better speaker than hitler was leon trotsky. you see hitler in all his confidence, under pressure, acting in the spotlight. we have ruthless activity. he did not want the truth to stand in the way of a good line. there were seven members in the act room. -- in the back room. and he says in the trial, it's not true. he did not have millions. one of the nazi workers, there were 55,000 -- not exactly millions. so, hibbler would take the crowd into a world of alternative facts. all the while he exploited the lower instincts of the crowd. this is not theater, the judge would say many times. he spoke thanks to the presiding judge who had his own reasons. the judge always looked at it as this ardent nationalist and he was. i do not want to spoil

but the days of unity in the anti hitler coalition were numbered. as the conference convened the truman received the news that the us military had at last successfully tested a new weapon of unique destructive force. with . the us had long been working on a project to develop an atomic bomb. now the test phase had progressed to the point where the bomb was ready for use and that's that and it was clear to the us that sooner or later the soviet union would prove an adversary for ideological reasons. her hand and voice you hear that so the u.s. did want to get the message across that it now had the technology and was now in a position to use a nuclear weapon as mentions of white is a mind sets and. the big 3 remain locked in intense negotiations at the syrian half palace for 2 weeks they agreed on reparations from germany and on processes for the countries denounce of occasion democratization and demilitarization. they also redrew the map severing east prussia and territories east of the odor and nicer rivers from germany. most all know it is there wa

hitler's could break all the way up to antwerp and the english channel.e thought the americans and the british would be forced to come to a political solution, a political agreement to end the war. in this battle, the largest that has ever been fought by the united states army in its history, better than 600,000 -- better than 600,000 americans were engaged. and you can see, our lines famously bulged but they did not break. however, you have the story of the siege that is going to be depicted here. most famously, george patton is going to come up and save the town from the south after they had been surrendered. this was an incident that many americans will recognize from the film "patton," where the commanding officer was asked by the germans to surrender and he famously said to them one word, "nuts." in this case here, you get a sense of how logistics are so important in war, particularly with things like gasoline up here. we have a german gas tank where you can actually see the sf markings on the side. germans were running out of gasoline. we, however,

so many others perished and hitler's confrontation camp systems. we try to give people a sense of what the allied troops were fighting for, what it meant to distinguish that from the world. at the end of the road to berlin, after we try and summarize the cost of the war for our public, we have an ending quote by general dwight eisenhower. this came from a letter that the supreme commander of the allied forces wrote in april of 1943 to his son, john, where he tried to put in his words the meaning of a conflict that he was so central and trying to prosecute. he said, no other war in history has so definitely lined up the forces of arbitrary oppression and dictatorship against those of human rights and individual liberty. to eisenhower, this is what the war was about. this was his great achievement as a general and military leader and, later on, it made him the president of the united states and leader of the free world. ed

it is five meres and more since hitler marched into poland. years full of suffering and death and sacrifice. now the war against germany is won. grateful nation gives thanks for victory. hundreds of thousands crowd into american churches to give thanks to god.

hitler's could break all the way up to antwerp and the english channel. he thought the americans and the british would be forced to come to a political solution, a political agreement to end the war. in this battle, the largest that has ever been fought by the united states army in its history, better than 600,000 -- better than 600,000 americans were engaged. and you can see, our lines famously bulged but they did not break. however, you have the story of the siege that is going to be depicted here. most famously, george patton is going to come up and save the town from the south after they had been surrendered. this was an incident that many americans will recognize from where thepatton," commanding officer was asked by the germans to surrender and he famously said to them one word, "nuts." in this case here, you get a sense of how logistics are so important in war, particularly with things like gasoline up here. we have a german gas tank where you can actually see the sf markings on the side. germans were running out of gasoline. we, however, are going

adolf hitler is more popular than harry potter? absolute fake. you are pushing the kremlin‘s narrative. it has begun to feel like a new cold war. but will global pandemic curb the kremlin‘s global ambitions? he is frozen. he has stalled. he cannot react, he cannot say anything. i'm on a journey to find out how russia has been pushing to regain influence and rebuild its power. throughout its history russia has swung from wanting to be part of europe and competing with the west. right now it is set on rivalry. and that risks confrontation, especially with the kind of methods moscow has been employing close to home. they call it the jewel of the black sea. crimea, once part of the roman empire, it fell to the ottomans, then to the tsars, and the soviets. most recently it has been part of ukraine. the beauty belies geopolitical tension, for crimea has become a flashpoint between east and west. this is why. in 2014 masked soldiers in unmarked uniforms seized control of a ukrainian peninsula, crimea. they acquired the nickname the little green men. but

[explosions] less than three years before, hitler's head addressed the hitler' had addressed the nationmany will face war on the united states to a positive conclusion. a japanese militarist joins the chorus. adolf hitler americans have -- americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks, when a people have those things, they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks, or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger who se stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american is no soldier. [explosions] yet there he was, carrying it to the boastful aggressor. the self-acclaimed superman was learning to his bitter surprise and sorrow the fighting quality of the american soldiers. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculation. ♪ >> in italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud. over mountains, across rivers. toward rome. ♪ our power drive up the italian boot forced the enemy to divert from france and the low country. weakening defenses along the english channel coast, where our invasion of france was soon to come. we now have an army numbering millions of soldiers. ♪

but which, soon after it ended hitler tried to erase from history. bringing to light this glorious area and to define it faster and with the most inspiring upsets of all time it is symbolic blow against synopses during the darkest hour. mitchell, the "new york times" best-selling author says it serves as a full thought throttle reminder of the power of heroes to inspire us to during dark times. neil has brought to life a gripping expertly tale of an un- likely band of dreamers who pushed everything to challenge people. >> a.j. author of goat like hell says sports, politics and passion collide in the sizzling book. bringing the excitement of motor racing on a page is no easy task, but neal bescomb succeeds. a victory over the '90s as a for us all. tonight, neal bescomb, the award winning author and your times best-selling author, the perfect mile among others and he grew up here and st. louis so welcome from the far and now i would like to bring neal into the conversation. if you all over your watching could give a hearty round of applause for neal be

on wheels but the back story itself was profiled towards this car, soon after the nazis invaded, hitler signed men to find a car and have it destroyed. he also sent individuals to officers, to automobile club in france, all records are taken by the nazis and destroyed. so i was very intrigued by this story of what this car could have done to engender such a response from hitler and what was it about this car parked what was it about this event and grand prix that made it so important? as i began to get the story about when the drive this, george driver informed his back story and the fact that he was a reluctant hero, he, his father took his jewish faith, his mother was catholic, he didn't really strive to one religion or another suddenly in the mid 30, 1938 found himself forced in this position of being in the jewish people, the nazis and that story coupled with the fact that it had this female heroine, lucy shall, she was the american who could very well be in paris and new york and instead, she was this very brave and brazen individual who became one of the earliest female racecar dr

he meets frequently with hitler. he is pitching propaganda. he writes editorials. presents himself in films as i hero of the reich. having read everything about them, memoirs, people who knew him in interviews, et cetera, still did not subscribe to the ideology, didn't really much care like hitler but was willing to do whatever it took to be the top racecar driver in the world. it's a complicated story and he was a complicated individual, but i think that he ultimately sacrificed his soul for racing. >> and similarly, lucy and -- i'm forgiving -- >> charles and renÉe. >> like, they also, yeah, they also were doing anything to be able to race. i mean, yeah, you can definitely see like the good versus evil type play out, but similarly they were very much willing to do anything and to drive, to race. >> so you can definitely see that in their stories as well. [inaudible] -- but they knew, right? rudi and his fellow members on the german racing team, then you what hitler was doing, you know, even before the war. they knew the sort of torture, imprisonment of the jewish

the myth of hitler's superrace was beginning to crack.r way islands, american troops had landed on attu. still farther away, in new guinea, american on still farther away, in new guinea, american on australian troops fought back the enemy in malaria infested jungles. among the battle casualties we had suffered, were three of our general officers. shot in action, within less than 100 yards of the japanese lines. from victories on the deserts of north africa, the fog bound illusions, to the tropical island of the auto canal, and the jungles where our troops are fighting forward against desperate japanese resistance. we had indeed spread our forces around the world. who was it that said the united states was not capable of fighting two fronts of the war? within less than 16 months, the united states navy, had performed a medical a miracle of salvaging. of all the ships sunk, on the seventh on december 7th 1941, all but three were back in service and on fighting ready by may of 1943. at on a scale and equaled enable history. in russia the ger

i will also provide the links and legendary cart beat hitler's best. they were the unlikely. had been banned from the best european teams and fasters gars by the -- cars by the mid-30's because of jewish heritage. lucy shell, daughter of multimillionaire to reclaim glory of her driving days. these 3 misfits, banded together to challenge hitler's dominance at at the apex of motor sports. the quest for redemption culminated in race that is still talked about today and soon after ended hitler attempted to completely erase from history bring to go light glamorous era and symbolic blow against the nazis during history's darkest hour. michelle, new york's best author and 13 hours says it's a full-thought throttle reminder of heros to inspire us in dark times. neil bascomb has brought done everything to challenge evil. sports, politics and human passion collide in this book. bringing excitement of motor racing onto page but it succeeds hugely. victory over the nazis is a victory for us all. and tonight neal bascomb is award-winning author of the winter portrait, the perfect mile amo

less than three years before, hitler had addressed the nation. >> germany will face war on the united states to a positive conclusion. -- >> a japanese militarist, joins the chorus. >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks, when a people have those things, they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks, or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger who stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american is no soldier. the american, no soldier? and yet there he was, carrying the fight to the aggressors. the self acclaimed superman, was coming to his bitter surprise and sorrow, the fighting quality of the american soldiers. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculation. ♪ ♪ >> in italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud. over mountains, across rivers. our power drive, the -- italians who forced the italians from france and the low country. our invasion of france, was soon to come. we now have an army numbering millions of soldiers. we now had 150,000 armored vehicles, as compared to the 29 tanks the army had 1940. 400,000 artillery pieces, were now

the myth of hitler's super race was beginning to crack. >> in the faraway islands, american troops hadtill farther away in new gin kn -- new guinea, troops pushed back in the malaria infested jungles. guinea, troops pushed b the malaria infested jungles. >> among the battle casualties we had suffered while fighting in the area, were three of our general officers, shot in action within less than 100 yards of the japanese lines. from victories on the deserts of north africa, the fog bond illusio illusions, to the tropical island of kwthe guadalcanal to w guinea troops were push back. who was it that said the united states wasn't capable of fighting a two-front war. within six months, the united states navy had committed a miracle of salvage. of all the ships sunk on pearl harbor, all but three were back in service by may 1943. an achievement on a scale unequalled in naval history. >> in russia, the germans had taken virtually all of stalingrad by 1942. their conquest was short lived. early in 1943, the russians launched a massive counter attack, retook stalingrad, captured 17 of hitler's

the myth of hitler's super race was beginning to crack.an islands american troops had landed on atu. ♪ ♪ still farther away in new guinea, american and australian troops drove back the stubborn and fanatical enemy in malar malaria-infested jungles. [ artillery fire ] among the battle casualties we had suffered while fighting in the buna area were three of our general officers, shot in action within less than 100 yards of the japanese lines. from victories on the deserts of north africa, the fog-bound aleutians, to the tropical island of guadalcanal and the new guinea jungles where our troops were driving forward against desperate japanese resistance, we had indeed spread our forces around the world. who was it that once said the united states wasn't capable of fighting a two-front war? within less than 16 months the united states navy had performed a miracle of salvage. of all the ships sunk or damaged on december 7th, 1941 at pearl harbor all but three were back in service and in fighting trim by may 1943. an achievement on a scale unequa

as the allies closed in, adolph hitler committed suicide on april 30th. the war was lost, germany ordered colonel yodel to sign the surrender. that officially ended six years of brutal warfare in europe. >> in june of 1944, as my father hit the beach at saipan with the marines his brother was at normandy. it's an incredible tale of courage and illustrates the scope and scale of the conflict our nation was fighting. those who stepped forward to fight in word war ii, each served a cause bigger than themselves. the greatest generation understood we live in an exceptional country, a country worth defended. the massage i would like to pass along to the word war ii veterans and their families is i simply want to say thank you. >> hello. i'm president of the uso. our mission of strengthening our armed forces by connecting them to family, hope and country began in world war ii. during that war more than 1 million americans volunteered for the uso. on behalf of all uso employees and our 30,000 volunteers around the globe, we proudly commemorate your service and sa

stalingrad, destroying nazi army of 330000 and capturing 17 of hitler's generals. june of 1943, hundreds of royal air force planes engaged in an aerial offensive over continuedurope that days.ntingly for 10 [airplane engines] while the tide was turning in the air over hitler's fortress army, navy and air forces, along with those of australia and new zealand, started to fight and push them out of new guinea and the solomon islands. [explosions] [gunfire] enemy forces were wiped out. to the airfield on new george island. [airplane engines overhead] [explosions] ♪ with all of north africa in allied hands preparations for , operation husky were begun immediately to attack the soft underbelly of europe. the immediate target, sicily. no time was lost. ♪ only 60 days after the surrender xis forces north africa, athens is seventh army sicilynvaded simultaneously with british and canadian troops under montgomery. [explosions] some 3000 craft were deployed to land with 160,000 troops. ♪ almost 14,000 vehicles, about 600 tanks, and nearly 2000 guns. but sicily was held by mor

. >> less than three years before, hitler had made an address. >> germany, italy and japan will wage common war on the united states to a victorious conclusion. >> in rome his fascist partner had declared -- >> italy and national socialist germany ever closely linked participate from today on the side of heroic japan against the united states. >> a japanese militaryist joined the derisive chorus. >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks when a people has those things they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger whose stomach is full. they are sleepily. >> the american is no soldier. >> the american no soldier? and yet there he was carrying the fight to the boastful aggressive. >> the self-acclaimed superman was learning to his bitter surprise and sorrow the fighting qualities of the american soldier. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculation. >>> in italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud, over mountains, across rivers toward rome. >> our power drive up the italian boot forced the enemy to d

they agreed on four points, invade sicily, prepare counter attacks against hitler's submarines, and aany, preparing for a major offensive against the pacific, accepting nothing short of unconditional surrender for our enemy. this was the kind of positive, top-level determination the free world had long awaited, that was swift response on all fighting fronts. tripoli fell to the british eighth army. ♪ [rousing music] ♪ in bitter fighting, nazi tanks hurled back allied forces to the algerian border. but then, combined american, british, and french units stopped the german-italian drive and into tunisia. [explosion] ♪ [dramatic music] in the pacific, on bloody guadalcanal, fighting an entirely different kind of warfare, united states troops overcame the last fanatical japanese resistance and won complete control of the island and its airfields. in the battle of the bismarck sea, allied bombers sank eight transports and four destroyers of a japanese convoy of 16 ships. [explosions] [airplanes roaring] [incessant gunfire and explosions] 181 days after the allied landings at north africa, t

not even hitler could do that.o, the remarkable thing about the president is that he not only saved d-day, but he appoints the man who commanded. the supreme commander. and it doesn't just send him a table or telegram from cairo, he gets on his plane, which was wonderfully nicknamed the sacred cow, and flies to see eisenhower in person and explained to him why he's chosen him and what ina dangerous evil face, not only across but also from ten downing street where there is a magnificent minister who is one of the great debaters and arguers of all time. so the president spent several days with eisenhower, takes eisenhower on board the sacred cow, they fly to sicily, and in sicily when they land, he awards the distinguished service medal to general mark clark for his bravery at salerno, but he also asks general george patton, who's in disgrace at that time for having slight to soldiers faces in a field hospital who were suffering from shell shock, and passing thought that was the end of his military career. the presid

europe. -- hitler's fortress europe.lying] [explosions] flying forces in heavy formations cascaded 3500 tons of explosives, a ton every second, upon nazi-held positions. our mass bomber formations were given a canopy of air support. together, they fought off enemy air attacks. [gunfire and explosions] ♪ as the roar of engines and the concussion of the bombs were still ringing in the ears of a dazed and battered enemy, our ground artillery opened up. our tanks and infantry rolled forward, driving west to isolate france and other ports on the peninsula. other elements pushed south and east, toward paris. ♪ what was left of 10 german divisions was mopped up by the very men who the fuhrer told them were not soldiers and would not fight. again, the aggressor had made a slight miscalculation. [explosions] as the germans were meeting disaster in northwestern france, the united states' seventh army, combat hardened veterans of the fighting in italy, hit the beaches in southern france on the morning of august 15. during that day,

it is five years and more since hitler march into poland. here is full of suffering and death and sacrifice. now, the war against germany is one. a grateful nation gift thanks for victory. hundreds of thousands crowd into american churches to give thanks to god. president trump announced the official surrender. >> this is a solemn but glorious hour. i wish that franklin the roosevelt had lived to see this day. general eisenhower informed me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nations, the flags of freedom fly all over europe. for this victory, we join in offering our thanks to the providence, which had guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. much remains to be done. the victory one in the west must now be one in the east. the whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been free. united, the peace loving nations have demonstrated in the west that their arms are stronger by far, and the might of dictators or the tyranny of military that once called us weak. th

turns 1930's, hitler out to be able to do damage on his own. by the late 1930's, mussolini is iste concerned that hitler going to leave him in the dust. particularly we see in the , 1936-1939,l war and then getting into world war ii, certainly a sense of one upmanship is more prevalent. come to my: let me last couple of questions. mussolini does not only want to build the mediterranean roman empire into africa, also across the adriatic into albanian greece, and he doesn't do so well, and the nazis have to bail him out. let me come back to the point you made at the beginning that fits in, the reputation of italian soldiers is they did not fight to their death for mussolini once italy entered the war in 1941. what is your view about that? i know you write about in the book. what is the performance of the italians given the deep indoctrination of children who have now become soldiers in the 1930's. why does it work out so badly for mussolini? dr. mclean: that is a complicated question i cannot thoroughly answer either with my just timer constraint

that was later, mid-1930s after hitler had come to power. we're still stuck in the 1930, '31 period. hitler is still trying to get his machine going to get himself elected. hans schmitt needs the money. he's got the documents. and so what's he do. he goes to the obvious person who is likely to be able to buy them from him, which is the french embassy. he walks up to the street in berlin to the french embassy and he asks to speak to the military attache and says i have some documents that might be of interest to you. i think is quite interesting. berlin believes unlike certain other cities that -- or maybe even like other cities that it is the capital city of spying. and so it's not surprising to discover that the french in the between the wars period had a process for walk-in spies. what they would do is refer the walk-in to the gentleman in the middle. he's very charming looking, isn't he? i tell you, he's very charming indeed. because his career was as a professional card sharp. he started his career in the 1870s and he had been banned fro

but the same day was the day that hitler had the phony war and then when he invaded the low countries so here's the situation where churchill the biggest day of his life also the darkest in the history of the world. this did not daunt churchill this is like added spice to the challenge to be in charge of this great empire at such a dire time thrilled him. so he becomes prime minister with his cabin and the crucial elements we can talk about the main characters in the book and those that have been relegated to the secondary posture but he immediately is confronting the existential threats with the presumption at the time that once germany consolidated with those forces to be expelled but the chaos at dunkirk then the entire strategic picture would be changed. prior to france falling that france would always stand was the presumption that this would keep the riffraff that they and those fighter escorts would not have the endurance now suddenly with france falling there were german airbases on the coast of the english channel minutes away from england and from london something that they

hitler had said that he would not have trouble beating us. we spent too much time on cosmetics and not enough on production. >> the wars are one with a grunt. you plant your flag and you say we are in charge. that was the spirit of that 18 year old marine. that's why we are here we are today. >> black pilots, mechanics that support people when our country declared war against hitler, came forward and dispelled the biases and generalizations that because of the color of our skin we could not support our country and technical areas. the task was to keep the air clear of german fighters that were destroying our environment. we thought we had enough guns on the be 17's and be 20 force but it was not so. we also destroyed a lot of the germans war making on the ground. >> i am the proud daughter of colonel lawrence eat roberts. he was the member of the tuskegee airmen. i have an immense appreciation for the special brought that broadcast to honor our world war ii veterans for the sacrifices that led a peace for our great nation and for our allies a

geared at hitler's fortress in europe. flying fortresses, and heavy formations, cascaded 3500 tons of explosive, upon nazi held positions. our mass bountiful bomber formations, were given air support. they fought off enemy air attacks. as the roar of engines, and concussion of the bombs were still ringing in the years of the battered enemy, our ground artillery opened up. our tanks, an infantry rolled forward, driving west, two other ports on the peninsula. other elements, push south and east, towards paris. what was left, of ten german divisions, was knocked off by the very men their fury their fury had told them were not soldiers, or fighters. again the aggressor had made a slight miscalculation. as the germans, we're in northwestern france, the united states seventh army, hit the beaches in southern france, on the morning of august 15th. during that day, -- men and equipment were landed. the americans six army corps push north, along the valley. and other troops moved moved eastward towards the italian border. the drive

stalingrad, the army of 330,000, catching 17 of hitler's generals.de had started to turn in russia. in june of 1943, hundreds of royal air force planes engaged in a nonstop, aerial offensive over occupied europe that continued unremittingly for 10 days. while the tide was turning in the air over hitler's fortress europe, american army, navy, and air forces, along with those of australia and new zealand, launched a concerted offense to drive the japanese out of new guinea and out of the north and south solomon islands. [gunfire] enemy forces on the islands were wiped out. our troops strove for the airfield on a new george island. [explosions] flying] with all of north africa in allied hands, preparations for "operation husky" were begun to meet lee to attack the soft underbelly. the target, sicily. no time was lost. only 60 days after the surrender of access forces in north africa, patton's seventh army invaded sicily simultaneously with british and canadian troops under montgomery. ♪ [explosions] from 3000 craft, employed with 160,000 troops. ♪ almos