hitler and mussolini arrived in august one thousand nine hundred one for a visit to brest fortress despite official reports claiming that there were no surviving defenders on president. it's secure repercussions were put in place. on the eve of the top level visit to german soldiers patrolling an area near the fortress had disappeared. hitler and mussolini entered the fortress through a bridge that used to be right here what hitler saw here is known to have made a strong impression on him but even took a stone lying amongst the ruins with them. after the fall of berlin the stone was found in hitler's office at the chancellor of the third reich. church in breast fortress. there are traces of shells on the walls and inside. it was from here that the defenders of breast fortress launched their first counterattack. scores of german and soviet soldiers died here.

were reports that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as late as august one hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler picked up from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked why. it was the biggest award for you the one most valued from that was the most precious award for me was that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but what could i understand of four years of age nothing it's only now that i'm a father and grandfather myself that i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how one human being can do violence to another i've lived my life never doing any harm to anybody.

hitler and mussolini studied labon to order how to gin up -- >> where is the similar mob to mussolini's and hitler's in the modern democratic era? >> well, i would say that there are a lot of similarities. the french revolution -- they're much closer to the original tea party, which -- and actually not as -- not as much of a rabl as the original tea party. the founding fathers weren't wild about the original tea party. >> are you worried about them? >> who. >> the tea party. >> the current tea party, he loi love them. >> what do people think about you? you're intelligent. you live a provocative -- >> i can't believe you're insulting the tea partiers. >> they're not the brightest, are they? >> they're smarter than any liberal. >> do you think so? >> yeah. >> you really think that? >> yes, i do. >> in your heart. >> i meet them and speak to them and they get my jokes which already makes them smarter than the average -- >> does that make them smart? >> smarter than the average liberal. i'm having to explain, map out how the joke works here. >> liberals use mobs to seize power and impose th

hitler and mussolini entered the fortress through a bridge that used to be right here what hitler saw here is known to have made a strong impression on him even took a stone lying amongst the ruins. after the fall of berlin the stone was found in hitler's office at the chancellor of the third reich. church fortress. there are traces of shells on the walls and inside. it was from here that the defenders of breast fortress launched their first counterattack . scores of german and soviet soldiers died here. the time has come for mutual forgiveness. we must live in peace. it's not that we should forget the past it must not be forgotten. we might forgive. children now play a fortress where military hardware dating back to the one nine hundred forty s. is on display they knew about that war only from books and films. on holidays veterans told tourists about the war. and other survivors of the first battles in the fortress regard these rooms as the cornerstone of their faith in the ultimate victory troops. comrades lived to see that victory in one thousand nine hundred five nearly four years

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mussolini had been in power in italy for a decade.the japanese, by then, the rather fascist japanese were on the march in asia. the world was getting dangerous. by 1937, of course, hitler had remilitarized the rhine land, mussolini had invaded ethiopia. it was clear that the fascist parties in europe were, were aggressive and ambitious and college rent. belligerent. but roosevelt, of course, was stymied by several factors, one of which being public opinion. um, most americans in 1937 felt that we had been sold a pig in a poke in world war i, that we had fought and hadn't really -- we'd lost 100-plus-thousand troops, but we hadn't really gained much of anything. europe had gone back to being its usual argue meantive stuff. here they were again, the germans and the french and the poles and the british all at each other's throats. who knows how it will turn out. you know, this is nothing to do with us and, you know, if we get involved, it will have the same unhappy end although x number of americans will die in the process. so isolationi

sit around with your italian family -- pass the -- you love mussolini for crying out loud. [ laughterwas a little before my time. >> no, he's so kind. he puts all of his family to work on his show, and i think that's -- i mean that, not to embarrass you, but i think that's a great thing you do. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, thank you, thank you. you like that? >> except my brother here, he has to come and beg and snarl, you know. >> jimmy: you know we grew up across the street from each other when we were kids. >> no kidding. >> jimmy: so we're family as well. [ laughter ] don -- >> exciting news. did you really grow up together? >> jimmy: we did, yeah. >> that's great. >> jimmy: yeah, we did. >> and you had the zip guns in those days, huh? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: zip guns? >> they don't about, the zip guns were a little thing on a rubber band. boom, and you kill somebody. [ laughter ] anyway -- >> jimmy: they've never killed. >> are you from india? >> my parents are. >> see that, i'm like a cop. i'm a good cop. i took a wild guess. you look like you're from india. [ speaking

were reports that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as late as august one hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler picked up from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked why. it was the biggest award for you the one most valued from that was the most precious award for me was that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but what could i understand of four years of age nothing it's only now that i'm a father and grandfather myself that i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how one human being can do violence to another i've lived my life never doing any harm to anybody. and up next artie's a lore and it talks to british historian dr michael jones who's written extensively about world war two he shared his knowledge about why hitler invaded the u.s.s.r. and how the soviet people managed to win the war. today marks the seventieth anniversary of the start of operation barbarossa hitler's code name for germa

were reports that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as late as august one hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued for. the most precious award for me was that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but you could understand it four years of age nothing it's only now that i'm a father and grandfather myself i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how one human being can trigger violence to another i've lived my life never doing anything to anybody. our team. well they for some a one thing the price was paid in blood stay with us if you will for more testimony witnesses very shortly after the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of the soviet union a special report on the battle of press coming up in a few minutes after the business with katrina after this quick break. hello and welcome to our busines

were reports that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as late as august one hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued for. the most precious award for me was that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but you could understand it four years of age. it's only now that i'm a father and grandfather myself i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how one human being to another i've lived my life never doing anything to anybody. just over an hour's time are down with world war two historian michael michael jones despite germany claims that they are bad the rules of engagement dr jones believe some of the waging a genocidal war on the eastern flop. cost of the war the german and i'm not claiming that it was fighting a clean war and it was it was the units behind the army and it was the us that were doing the on plea

of course that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as leaders or gets to one hitler and mussolini personally visited his side of the battle it's claimed that a stone hitler picked up from the remains of the fortress was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued from. the most precious award for me is that i stayed alive everyone was fighting like true heroes but few survived but could i understand it four years of age and nothing it's only now that i'm a father and grandfather myself and i realize what a life is worth now i'm a fierce pacifist i hate war i don't understand how want to human being can do violence to another i live my life never doing any harm to anybody. our team. us is tightening financial sanctions on over me in a government of some members of congress call for a one year extension of america's military role in the country meanwhile the intervention has been hit i can can you in criticism over the number of civilian deaths historian doris davidson says the u.s. and nato have made themselves hostages