the next century one of them was william duke of normandy? and he would lead the last successful invasion of the british isles. and that would be in the famous battle of hastings in 1066. so it all goes back to a bunch of norwegians and swedes who didn't want to eat ludafist anymore up in scandinavia, and they came down. so they could take part in that wonderful french cuisine and they decided to state just like relatives who come for a weekend and stay for a year. you can't get rid of them. khan our sister city was mentioned. con is the most important city in the province of normandy. why is that not because it's our sister city. because it is a road hub. and as a road hub, ladies and gentlemen, it controls ingress and egress from all of central and eastern normandy. if you control khan you control central and eastern normandy. western normandy is where the americans would land that's critically important, but it doesn't have the road network that khan does and what's so important about that road network? it goes straight east to paris. the

normandy is the 20th century gettysburg in many ways. i think at some level, associating dwight eisenhower to this convenient place between new york and washington. anyway, it was kind of a substitute for talking about world war ii. i was not discouraged from learning about world war ii but one of the reason i took it up was to fill in gaps. i was conscious that the second world war and the european gator was something that my grandfather and father had in common that i was not a part of. the subject that they declined to discuss casually, but they discussed with enthusiasm the american civil war. we are approaching centennial's of the various events. publishers are turning out book after book after book so there is something to discuss every week. and i get the sense from both my father and my grandfather as military people. and we had no doubt about the importance of the war. we were surrounded by war figures. there is kind of a family story that we all tell. the year was 1954, 10 years after the normandy landings. dwight eisenhower is

if you want to play a role, otella, you’re talking about normandy, you’re talking about this body, comenot a theater, there’s a war, comrade senior lieutenant. why are you quarreling? after all, he very glorious wanted to offend you. my name is. and you, ivan sasha pasha, not sasha pasha, but senior lieutenant zaitsev . you will keep in touch with me. during the last day of operation bagration continued to develop successfully. bagramyan broke through the german front, crossed the western dvina and surrounded, vitebsk chernyakhovsky, with its right flank , is rapidly moving towards the berezina direction, borisov, the second belarusian zakharova, also successfully broke through the defenses and goes to mogilev. the belarusian partisans did a good job. that night they lightning-fast operations paralyzed all the railways behind enemy lines. but now it's your turn. the direction of the main attack according to all reports, the germans still did not expect our attack here. i have everything ready. it remains only to lay the gati. why do you hesitate? decided to score their own during the ar

when the alliesarrive at 6 am , june 6, 1944 normandy is isolated. you can't get there from anywhere else in france. there have been 950 across roads and main bridges all over france so when hitler wants to get his reinforcements he can't. d-day wasn't a given. it wasnever obvious d-day was going to work . having time for the allies to get their critical supplies and for them to get their backup, get their supplies on theground . every moment, every hour changed the equation of that history. it took three weeks to reinforce the beaches. those were a critical three weeks and it all happened because the french resistance and it all happened because the allies armed the french resistance . the allies were able to arm the french resistance because women were kpart of that. you don't know about it because men writeworld history . until now. so with that in mind, this is a very fun book to write. because not only because it's a great meaty story, there's no one worse on earth than a nazi and no better story than heroism you don't know about. but it's fun i

june 6, 1944 normandy is isolated. you cannot get there from anywhere else in france.ineteen or 50 cuts roads in maine bridges all over france set hitler wants to get his reinforcements to the beaches he can't. d-day was not a given. it was never obvious d-day was going to work. having time for the allies to get their foothold, for them to get their supplies on the ground, every moment every battle or change the equation of that victory. it took hitler three weeks for his tank divisions to reinforce the beaches. those were critical three weeks and it all happen because the french resistance but it all happened because the pellets formed the french resistance. they were able to arm because that women were part of thatrt plan. you don't know about it because men history. until now. so with that in mind this was a very fun book to write. not only was it a great meaty story there's no one or worse on earth than a nazi. there is no better story than her was not know about. it was fun and lots of other respects for it is fun to research because these women were my age everyd

so why is putin now in a worse position than hitler after the landing of the allies in normandy facts last week they analyzed the situation on the southern front, we need to approach at a distance of 15-20 km from our artillery shot. here it is a large and independent state if you look at the map of the russian-ukrainian war and the successes of ukraine undeniably, the northern front, the russians fled to belarus, kharkiv region, fierce battles, but no major offensives, donbas, the so-called russian special operation has already clearly slowed down, the only thing that the russians can pass off as their own success so far is the occupation of parts of the southern regions. fully control the azov coast , partially occupied donetsk, zaporizhzhya and kherson regions. and this makes it possible to provide for its groups through occupied crimea since 2014 the main logistical routes are highways and railways, in order to protect them the russians even brought an armored train here, but even this southern bridgehead looks like it will become an arena of hellish trials for the invaders for se

tribute to a remarkable woman and a truly great american. 38 years ago today on a windspeed cliff in normandy france president reagan delivered one of his best known speeches commemorating the 40th anniversary of the allied liberation. what inspired the great courage of d-day he explained in his remarks was a set of four virtues? faith belief loyalty and love those were also the virtues that inspired the woman who stood by his side that day and who we honor on this day, nancy reagan. these qualities made nancy reagan an extraordinary first lady a role. she helped to redefine. she brought to the position her warmth with and sense of style. she developed a quiet ability to work behind the scenes to get things done in washington. no small feat while her husband was busy at work, rebuilding america's economy strengthening our defenses and promoting freedom around the world mrs. reagan was a crucial confidant and essential partner. at all times she exhibited complete unwavering devotion to ronald reagan as her husband and as the 40th president of the united states. it's no exaggeration to say ther

i am in normandy. — how bad is it for you? i am in normandy, and _ how bad is it for you? you? i am in normandy, and we are - how bad is it for you? i am in normandy, and we are a - how bad is it for you? i am in i normandy, and we are a better weather than the rest of france, but evenin weather than the rest of france, but even in normandy, you can seejust around me that the pasture is very dry, and everywhere in france, we feed the animals at this time of the year, like we feed it in winter, when we give them hay and straw and sometimes green. taste when we give them hay and straw and sometimes green.— sometimes green. we have been heafina sometimes green. we have been hearing from _ sometimes green. we have been hearing from british _ sometimes green. we have been hearing from british farmers - sometimes green. we have been | hearing from british farmers were using their winter food because they have run out of food through the summer in the fields. are you going through the same thing?— through the same thing? exactly, exactl . through the same thing? exactly, exactly-

marie madalyn's agents in normandy would provide the allies with a 55-foot long map of the normandy beachesnd roads in which the allied's woodland on d-day. showing every german gun placement, fortification of beach obstacle along the coast. together the details of army units there in their movement. in that huge, imagine 55-foot long, will be the basis of muchd of the maps the troops would carry with them on d-day. you might ask how difficult was it for it for a woman to lead a network like this? not only with the french but with the british? alliance worked extremely close with the british in telogen's. the answer to that is they had no idea the person who took over from the creator of alliance was a woman. for almost a year. she kept her identity secret because she was convinced they would never accept the idea of a woman as head of a major spy network. and she was probably right in that. she thought she had to prove herself and alliance before identity was revealed. is finally revealed prosciutto coverage light 1941. was finally revealed and november 1941. which was almost six months la

marie-madeleine agents in normandy would provide the allies with 55 foot long map of the normandy beaches on which the allies would land on the day showing every german gun emplacement fortification and each obstacle along the coast. together with details of army units there and their movements and that huge mass would be the basis of much of the maps that the troops carried with them on d-day. you might ask how difficult was it for a woman to lead a network like this, not only with the french but the british . alliance worked closely with british intelligence and the answer to that is they had no idea that the person who took over from the creator of alliance was a woman. for almost a year. she kept her identity secret because she was convinced they would never accept the idea of a woman as head of a major spy network and she probably was right . she thought she had to prove herself before her identity was revealed and when it was finally revealed she took over in november 1941 which was almost 6 months later and it was because of a crisis in the network that i go into in great detail an

bill melugin is live in normandy, texas. i don't know if we've seen you there in normandy.g to you. normandy is outside of the eagle pass area, the tiny texas town, 30,000 people. every day they are getting inundated by large groups of immigrants. this is what's left over of a large single group of 200 that crossed illegally here. as you can see what's left over waiting for transport is all single adult men. most guys from cuba, venezuela and nicaragua. those countries are not being title 42. almost everybody you are looking at will be released into the united states. not the only group we've seen. look at the video we shot same spot yesterday here in normandy, a bigger group of approximately 300 that came across all at the same time. basically the exact same situation. the early morning hours, huge groups being pushed across by human smuggling organizations. and cartel groups. these people were from all around the world. central and south america, africa. there were a couple of people from asia. multiple pregnant women. ambulance had to be called out. a huge drain on borde

one day before the dead man tried christa pink popish normandy because hitler was weak and knew he would wake and he was bluffing . he was the major political figure, certainly one of the most prominent political leaders of the 20th century. when they wish to report the germans of the germans, or when we support the russians and that way, let them destroy each other. there was that kind of sentiment in the west at this time. the redrawing of european borders had begun. britain and the united states, and then just any plan to attack the ussr, britain, to survive. russia had to be sacrificed. he is as doctor, should be likened dish davis. mr. boy from us was the luck with selma, corn, dog, capital, and mitchell knowledge of knowing that the cold war had begun with oh mm hm. mm hm. welcome to worlds apart. it's hard to find a more discouraged and tempting subject for a learning conversation than the existence of the transcendent, like, different than fraud. it calls and as from the great works of art down to the most mundane occurrences of our.

they had no choice but to euthanize it after arriving in normandy. >> they advised us to put down theeluga whale, who was too weak to return to the sea. >> the state of the animal's muscles was insufficient to breathe properly. he was suffering from respiratory deficiency. >> the six-hour operation to pull out of the river, plus the slow drive to the coast were a risky venture. the animal was first stted swimming up the river last week. thousands of kilometers frorom s natural habitat in the arctic ocean. it continued to swim inland to within 70 kilometers of paris. after several heat waves and record droughts the summer, with temperatures rising, wildlife conservationists tried to feed it fish but the animal refused to eat. by the time it was lifted out of the water, it was severely emaciated, weighing 800 kilograms, well below the typical weight of 1200 kilograms. rescuers believe it was already sick before it wandered up the river. >> finally, we take you to italy where a robot that looks like it is from the future is being used to explore the past. our correspondent natalia mendoz

june the 6th 1944 normandy. the allies opened the 2nd front 11 months before victory after the german war machine had been broken down. that was when the british and the americans really focused more power into assaulting germany. but they did a tremendous cost to the russian people in the russian soldiers who suffered more casualties than any other people in any other nation on the war with abrasion about gretchen wasn't even great at disaster. they had to other than the pamphlet, styling, ground. it took the red army 5 weeks to advance, 720 kilometers to warsaw. nearly 20 german divisions were destroyed completely. another 50 suffered great losses. ground most of the war, the americans in the british were confronting hen german divisions between us. while the soviets were confronting more than 200 german division of by themselves. crimea, the old cha, 131945, with the last meeting of the big 3. at 1st, the allies suggested meeting in scotland, but starlen loved it all saying he disliked meniscus and dampness.

it could during its with girl the normandy quartet, russia ukraine, france, germany makin means to discuss an immediate cease fire and resolution of the crisis . after hours of talks and a contact group meeting, a package of measures for implementing the minsk agreements was adopted. but you're more goldish or so in your, your dormer, it's a seriousness. jeff, structures related you skills to do for us because of what prim with the new school year hogans cannot go to school with the peas, wasn't achieved and fighting, soon resumed, according to the un in the complex 1st year, only 6000 people died in the fighting and don bass by 2022. the death toll was $14000.00 page is the international community, had paid little attention to the numerous killings of civilians and don bass, even though for all this time, russia had repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. a while ukraine kept shifting responsibility for the shelling to the dpr and lp. our leaders. during these years, ukrainian security has been systematic. they preparing to strike dumbass. the agents are experienced w

this is not a normandy-style invasion.hat the pla is doing with the formation of the exercises is to make it look like this is what we would do in a blockade, this is a threat, an attempt to be a deterrent message to say there is a price for these high-level engagements between the u.s. and taiwan. personally, i would not be worrying as an investor about this. i would be worrying about an experience or event where the pla rubs up against the japanese or u.s. air fighter and we are primed with the level of distrust in the relationship for that to spiral. i would put away the idea that xi jinping is going to wake up and say now is a good day to invade an island. shery: tell us about the reaction from neighbors. this cannot sit well with japan, south korea, where speaker pelosi is headed next. jude: you are seeing no real distance between allies and partners. they are not going to want to create daylight. privately, they are watching this with great unease. there was some doubt about whether pelosi should have made the trip.

game they played with ukraine for 8 years, as if they were there for peace negotiations support normandy minsk format, but actually preparing for war, they stopped playing this diplomacy in front of the western countries and directly said who and how they will attack after ukraine, and by the way, we now see the video and in the prize there are three flags of ukraine, denmark and great britain, that is, confirmation x words thank you for such a comment, well, of course, the more such groups of support for ukraine, help for ukraine, the better it will be, mr. anton apple baum, a well-known historian, in an interview this week, said that that well, first of all, she compared putli to hitler, well, she compared putli to hitler , so be it, and said that peace in ukraine is possible only after the complete defeat of the kremlin master, in your opinion, this means well, she has some kind of vision. she already sees, taking into account her experience, this, this may mean that the war what is the russian war that is currently going on in ukraine may drag on a little and that it will end after a