mr. kershaw.do you think the fact that they had -- first of all, after pearl harbor, every available young man pretty much signed up, but they had the draft also. do you think that helped with the success that we had in world war ii? because the young men were from so many varied backgrounds? guest: yeah, the draft -- without the draft we cannot have won our way to victory in the pacific, and do not forget the european theater. american was waging two very intense wars over 3000 miles away from this country, from where i speaking today. it was a distant affair to most americans. hardly any americans actually suffered domestically. i think a handful were victims of japanese bombings on the west coast. americans did not experience war as the europeans did. but yes, the draft was absolutely essential, and all americans from all different backgrounds gave pretty much everything during the second world war. because let's not forget, it was a question of national survival. everybody gave everything, bec

mr. kershaw. every now and then they show a movie on cable tv called "d-day," and tom selleck stars as eisenhower. i am sure it does not get into all the nitty-gritty, but it shows how much pressure eisenhower had on him to plan this, especially with the rotten weather in england, and he had considering the least loss of possible on these landings. there was one scene that i was whenuite clear on, eisenhower went to talk to the french president at that time, the french president was very difficult and said that he would and theow ike's plan french would do their own plan. i was not sure about that. of the covers the basics pressure faced in this war. i found it a very compelling movie. i am sure there are more horror stories. but i wonder if mr. kershaw has seen this movie or was aware of it. thank you. movie.i have seen the i am a big fan of tom selleck, but i do not think he has the same dreamy blue eyes as ike did . yes, we did have the british, canadians, and the americans. there were serious

mr. kershaw: i did, but that is another story. scottish noble, commander of 2500 mostly british working-class lads. fellow oxford graduate, a poet, and a brutal warrior. he said to his men -- d-day was only the third day that he was in combat in world war ii. the two previous days had been so spectacular, the raids he had commanded, that he was a legend among his men. this is one of them. most of you know that was a bloody disaster. us brits wasted an entire canadian division. god knows why. we shouldn't be forgiven, but his part of the raid was a spectacular success. d-day, to his men before "you are going to be the fine cutting edge of the army on d-day." he also said, "if one of you mix a single mistake, you'll never go into combat with me again." -- makes a single mistake. he was brutal. have you seen this photograph before? himself,lord levitt scottish estate. he's leading his men roundabout 8:30 in the morning on d-day. you see the tanks in the background. those of you who have seen the movie "the longest day" will recognize

mr. alex kershaw, an honorary division. the 29th alex kershaw is a widely acclaimed and award-winning author of several new york times best selling books about world war ii, including the bedford the, the longest winner, few escaped from the deep, the liberator. a graduate of the university college of oxford, he worked as a journalist for the guardian and other newspapers before moving to the united states in 1994. his latest book, the first wave, was just released last month to mark the 70 for the anniversary of d-day. liberator, is the being made into a drama series to be aired by netflix in 2020. it is our great honor to have with us today mr. alex kershaw. [applause] >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, welcome to the national world war ii memorial as we remember and commemorate the 75th anniversary of d-day and the battle of normandy, operation overlord. as citizens of a grateful nation, we salute those of the greatest generation who helped preserve freedom around the globe.

the most recent statements of mr kershaw question of only show one thing that he is working for mr netanyahu the prime minister of israel and he is working for the most extreme and the dear sister laments the newsroom these statements by mr question and especially when you says that palestinians cannot rule themselves without israel is nothing but a support to the continuation of the patient and operation and the system of apartheid by israel against the palestinians in my opinion question that is now trying to change the historical american position and to confront the international consensus that the palestinians should have a state of their on and their occupied palestinian territories question that is trying to change that course in service of the zionist movement and in service of the israeli extreme government that's exactly what the so-called the deal of the century is about. ok let's talk football now on saturday night in madrid liverpool were crowned the champions of europe 6 time discovered lifted the prestigious champions league trophy on sunday fans back at home painted the town

mr. alex kershaw, mr. herman -- barbara george, daughter of captain malcolm george.eath is from australia. it is presented by wing commander matthews -- is accompanied by world war ii veterans, mr. dick bailey and mr. george richards peterson. [no audio] presenting the wreath for belgium, captain gregory -- transportation officer, embassy of belgium. he's accompanied by world war ii veteran, mr. donald mickey. [no audio] presenting the wreath for canada is mr. christopher givens and captain christian monahan, royal canadian navy, embassy of canada. they are accompanied by wwii veteran, mr. irvin powell. -- they are accompanied by world war ii veteran, mr. irvin powell. accompanying the wreath for the czech republic, brigadier general john -- embassy of czech republic. accompanying him, world war ii veterans, mr. larry thorpe, mr. charles lawrence wheeler and mr. jose vollaldenado. [no audio] presenting the wreath for denmark, lieutenant colonel william kruger paulson, assistance defense military, naval and air attache, royal danish embassy. is accompanied by wwii vet