russian armies were in desperate retreat. the german air force was raining destruction on england. combined italian and german forces were menacing egypt. their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate fall north africa. in asia, japanese air and ground forces were driving forward in their conflict with china. only one of the world's major powers, was still not at war. the united states. it was a sunday afternoon in december 1941. the statue of liberty towered certainly over the new york harbor. as if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. afternoon york early morning and why, and another great harbor, where american warships were. planes with cold engines grew idle on the field, when suddenly, without warning, (planes dropping bombs). the immediate japanese military objective, was knockout u.s. air power in the pacific in a single stroke. they reasoned that we were committed to entrance in the war in europe, convinced that we were incapable of fighting the two fronts of the war. the japanese or right in their calculations, to the exte

russian armies were in desperate retreat. the german airport was raining death and destruction on england. combined italian and german forces were menacing egypt. their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all north africa. in asia japanese air and ground forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. >> only one of the world's major powers was still not at war, the united states. it was a sunday afternoon in december 1941 and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor as if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. afternoon in new york, early morning in hawaii. and another great harbor where american warships were dockside. planes with cold? gens stood idle at nearby hickam field when suddenly without warning -- ♪ ♪ >> the immediate japanese military objective was to knock out united states naval and air power in the pacific at a single stroke. they reasoned that we were committed to eventual entrance in the war in europe. convinced that we wer

the collaborationists russian army. the very last sentence sort of sides with us non german troops and our rights for the claim can historically be met a. lot that's not all of a sleight of hand here and when i find really interesting. and the leak is it the whole cold war narrative about this is that the ending of the 2nd world war actually whitewash is a lot of the very fear aisle and nasty right wing fascist groups in eastern europe because after 145 they're just ok with that is the intentional way of turning away from the internal politics of all of these countries that have. parties even. governments and that is a whitewash right there and then they turn it on to russia where has no historical basis and are under any go ahead before we go to the break or you notice that this is very important the problem here is that unfortunately it many european nations and there where part of it where coalition against soviet union and. instead of feeling to guilt for participating in this great bottles are not wrong side of his

the russian army has been in italy to help tackle the epidemic there.l power. we have possibility to help you. no little green men. this time it was the boys in blue. they presented this as a mercy mission. but images of the russian military in an eu nato country are a propaganda coup for moscow. it is good for geopolitics, it is good for another country, but i think it is not perhaps good for us. the priority is your own country. the pandemic is the biggest challenge for moscow since the fall of its empire 30 years ago —— a0 yea rs of its empire 30 years ago —— a0 years ago, but that hasn't extinguished its determination to regain influence and to be seen as strong. for russia the real lesson of 1989 when the iron curtain is lifted is that weakness costs power. the paradox is that today's russia wa nts to the paradox is that today's russia wants to forget about 1989. it was, yes, an amazing period, the period of backtracking, surrender, defeat, so the kremlin wants victory, dominance, and try to forget about this kind of nightmare. when the berlin wall

the russian army has been in italy to help tackle the epidemic there.are still a power, we are still a power, we have the possibility to help you. no little green men, this time it was the boys in blue. they presented this as a mercy mission images of the russian military in an eu and nato country. it isa military in an eu and nato country. it is a propaganda coufal russia. military in an eu and nato country. it is a propaganda coufal russiam is good for geopolitics but not good for us. priority is our own country, not another. the pandemic is the biggest challenge for moscow since the fall of its empire 30 years ago. and it has not extinguished its determination to regain influence and to be seen as strong. for russia, the real lesson of 1989 when the iron curtain lifted is that wea kness the iron curtain lifted is that weakness costs power. the paradox is that today's russia wants to forget about 1989. it was an amazing period but it was the period of backtracking, surrender, defeat. the kremlin wants victory, once omnipotent, once domination and trie

$28.00 man choir he will find happen to be fans of russian music called military songs of the russian army songs have got together and transcended so many miles across the borders and have become somewhat of a hit not only domestically but also a that ashley and here in russia this is the choir and some of the creative music they have produced paula time to. salt to issue the post of the new boy. oh. oh. oh oh nice to me is part of the. russians obviously very very tough language even tougher to sing in but these are guys from a straight old managed to record individually that russian war song and we put together that montage on autopsy and of course they were also invited suit perform at the big treat a celebration this year all right square that has happened for all these reasons but they invite still stands and should that event go ahead or rather when it goes ahead that is the question they said they're very happy to come to last go and visit sound that i decided to have it will dish in with them as well to see if i can make the cut and that perhaps join him back signal polish conky go

is no big rallies in indonesia and so often in the other hand there is a lot of prayer in the russian army granted they tried to make this he just be here and why not in a nation of people made their own. marketing to this biggest population was a little village in the world this far off economic empowerment to. and so she set about building up a homegrown fashion marketplace to fill the gap. 20 years ago religious symbols were less ubiquitous in indonesia. but these days conservative islam is increasingly popular and the market for modest dress is growing indonesia is home to some $200000000.00 muslims that's around 90 percent of the population. lestari started wearing the hijab when she was 14 against her mother's will. today she's turned a fusion of faith and fashion into a successful business plan in the past it tended to be mainly the older generation who will veils today modest clothing expresses not only muslim identity but is also a style statement this event for his club members has drawn several instagram influences egypt it's kind of fredricka everybody is. very very. easy to fi

he put together an army literally of russian employees who worked under them.his network of russians who worked for the ara eventually reached 125,000 people and do of this could be -- could have been done without the russians. american relief was orchestrating it all but much of the work was done by the russians. transportation was one of the biggest headaches. railroad network had been destroyed. much of it was no longer working. the rail lines that were working were frequently attacked and they did not reach out into the most remote villages were most of this aid was needed. russia is not famous for its network of paved roads. spring when you have the , the muddy season, where villages become isolated, it was difficult to get aid out to these people. this is an example of an eight caravan. winter was the best time because d caravan. winter was the best time because sleds could travel over snow. was one of the convoys taking food. arrived with a fleet of cadillacs and forwards and trucks beyond petrograd and moscow these were not a great deal of help. russian

some russian army says each grocery bag includes $30 worth of food. there's also a $20 safeway gift card. drivers hitting the road, this weekend will be treated with some of the lowest gas prices in nearly 2 decades. right now the national average for gallon of regular unleaded is a dollar 92. the national average has been below two dollars a gallon during the holiday weekend. right here in the bank. the average is three dollars a gallon. the man. the demand for gas is really low right now. >> >>> one last spoiler alert, come in. we were excited to speak with the winner of the masking or. we are excited to speak with the winner of the mast singer. candy burris is the first women to win the show. we spoke with candy about her experience and how she picked this song she performed. >> my mother and daughter help me pick a lot of the songs. i had a long list of ideas and songs. i sent them to the producers. they also had songs, that they you were thinking about. they did suggest them. it was a combination of them. >> she said it was very hard to keep her

>> just before the 1920's, there was mass insurgents of the russian army. did that have anything to do as a catalyst to get this to start? douglas: to get the relief started or the famine? >> the breakdown. douglas: it is hard for us to imagine. what russia went through from the beginning of world war i to the middle of 1920 was the apocalypse, basically. the country is utterly destroyed due to revolution and war. and there is mass desertion often among some of these red army soldiers. a lot of them were going to these peasant armies, who were then taking their guns and fighting against the red soldiers, who were terrorizing the russian countryside. it is not like there is a front line. in our civil war, there is the north and there is the south and there is a front line. in the russian civil war, it is chaos going all over the place. yeah, exactly. >> is there any relation to the collectivization in agriculture that followed shortly? or it just happened? douglas: in some ways, there may be a slight connection, only in the fact that early after the bolshevi

now, he has inspired a 97—year—old sergeant, zinaida korneva, who served in the russian army in wwii g spoke to her. a message for captain tom moore, from sergeant zinaida korneva, when 97—year—old russian war veteran zinaida korneva saw these images of captain tom moore during his sponsored walk for the nhs, she realised her country needed her! zinaida korneva could not do 100 laps of her garden, last year she broke her hip. instead, she has been sharing wartime memories online and asking for donations. it is to help the families of russian doctors who have died in the pandemic. zinaida korneva is a real russian hero. she served in an anti—aircraft brigade and fought in the battle of stalingrad. these days, when she is not fundraising, she is knitting, and she hasjust finished a pair of socks for captain tom moore. her socks are now winging their way back to britain, express delivery. so, if captain tom moore ever wants to do more charity walking, at least his feet will be warm! steve rosenberg, bbc news. you see, he is such an inspiration, captain tom moore. i will be back with the

he's inspired a 97—year—old sergeant who served in the russian army in world war two to raise money forzeno. when 97—year—old russian war veteran zeno saw these images of tom moore doing his sponsored blog for the named nhs she realised her country needed her. she couldn't do 100 laps of her garden, last year she broke her hip. instead she's been sharing wartime memories online. and asking for donations. it's to help the families of russian doctors who've died in the pandemic. she is a real russian hero. she served in an anti—aircraft brigade and fought in the battle of stalingrad. these days when she is not fundraising she's knitting. and she's just finished a pair of socks for captain tom. her socks are now winging their way to britain express delivery. so, if captain tom ever wants to do more charity walking at least his feet will be warm. steve rosenberg, bbc news. two inspirational people there. thanks for watching. good evening, inspirational people there. thanks forwatching. good evening, it's been a warmer day today and the warmth will continue to build for many. 0ver warmth wil

the heroic exploits of captain tom moore have now inspired a 97—year—old former russian army sergeantr russian medics. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg spoke to her. a message to captain tom... ..from sergeant zina. when 97—year—old russian war veteran zina korneva saw these images of tom moore doing his sponsored walk for the nhs, she realised her country needed her. zina couldn't do 100 laps of her garden. last year, she broke her hip. instead, she has been sharing wartime memories online and asking for donations. it is to help the families of russian doctors who have died in the pandemic. zina is a real russian hero. she served in an anti—aircraft brigade and fought in the battle of stalingrad. these days, when she is not fundraising, she is knitting and she hasjust finished a pair of socks for captain tom. zina's socks are now winging their way to britain, express delivery. so if captain tom ever wants to do more charity walking, at least his feet will be warm. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a couple of messages from you. suzanne has e—mailed about the resignation of p

dashte highest level of what tactics that have approached by the middle of the 18th century, the russian army that he controlled, heavy infantry that were very well trained, would bring firepower to bear, emphasis on the highly trained, expensive, permanent armies that you would not use very often and hopefully not many of them would die, because they're so expensive to train and maintain over the period. so 18th century warfare tends to be focused on siege craft, and they had castle that is controlled all the different rivers. so fortresses are really -- when you think about strategic battles and fighting in europe, you're thinking about seizing rivers and fortresses, because the armies move extremely slowly. their supply lines can only be a couple of days away at most. they require a tremendous amount of fodder and food and horses. in fact, one military historian described 18th century army as sort of -- they're shackled by their supply line. so imagine a giant man walking with sheablings on. these armies move very clole, and in fact, most battles that we think about in the 18th century are

in 1943, the russians launched a massive effort. stalingrad, the armyg 17 of hitler's generals. [explosions] the tide 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 300

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ziad says he fled his home marry her at the end of the year when the syrian army and the russians bombed this area. now my family and i here on top of the destruction we are reliving a very difficult and painful memory i pray that god doesn't lead anyone else experience this his mother says with the kitchen destroyed they brought ready meals from outside the north area of the quay at the most important thing is that we relive our memories and eat in our. army how is situated in italy provence a few kilometers west of the strategic m 5 highway. healthy years by rebel forces it was the major target for the syrian government to capture during an offensive in december nearly a 1000000 people were displaced by the violence most fled north arriving at the turkish border where many live in makeshift camps a recent un report says in 2019 syria had the largest number of new displacement of any country almost 1900000 the situation for displaced people living at the buddha was dire. when a ceasefire was agreed between russia and turkey in march tens of thousands of people returned to their homes. s

early in 1943, the russians launched a massive counterattack, retook stalingrad, destroying a nazi armyitler's generals. the tide 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 ten 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 an offensive to drive the japanese out of new guinea and the northern solomon islands. [ artillery ] enemy forces on randoba island were wiped out. our troops drove for numenda air field on new georgia island. 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. little time was lost. only 60 days after the surrender of axis forces in north africa, patton's 7th army invaded sicily simultaneously with british and canadian troops under montgomery. some 3,000 craft were employed to land an initial force

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helpful to team up with like minded russians to counter-propaganda he speaks russian well because he served in the former soviet army now together with more than a 1000 other elves from around europe he spends his evenings fighting just information spread by internet trolls that we do think guys like we don't fight we fighting for the liberal democracy. it should be treated very professionally the danger or that they're all fucked it is. elvis versus trolls. the outcome remains uncertain. now here in germany something remarkable has been happening in recent years the countries jewish community has been growing and growing rapidly but at the same time anti semitism is also on the rise leading to almost daily attacks on the community and its members and it felt like a watershed moment when in october and the o. nazi gunmen attacked a synagogue in the eastern city of heller a massacre was only narrowly averted but 2 people were killed near the synagogue fronting lots at is among those who are now thinking twice about their lives here in germany. communication designer valentino has been living in berlin for 8 years. he

says he fled his home marry her the end of the year when the syrian army and the russians bombed this area well i know a little is now my family and i hear on top of the destruction we are reliving a very difficult and painful memory i pray that god doesn't lead anyone else experience this his mother says with a kitchen destroyed they poor ready meals from outside my home in north korea the most important thing is that we relive our memories and eat in our home. army how is situated in italy province a few kilometers west of the strategic m 5 highway. healthy years by rebel forces it was the major target of the syrian government to capture during an offensive in december nearly a 1000000 people were displaced by the violence most fled north arriving in the turkish border where many live in makeshift camps. a recent u.n. report says in 2019 syria had the marches number of new displacements of any country almost 1900000 the situation for displaced people living in the buddha was dire. when a ceasefire was agreed between russia and turkey in march tens of thousands of people returned to

army parade starts. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ japanese military observers see the mighty display of russian armed power. ♪ russian rocketamerican lend lease trucks. celebrate the holiday and salute the great victories in europe. into a police court in oslo, norway, this man pleads for his life. one of the war's most notorious traitors faces retribution for his crimes. the is preliminary trial for a major -- first preliminary trial for a major war criminal begins. ♪ the man who made his name synonymous with trader to norway hears the case against him. he shows signs of fear in a world free from nazism. there is no place for him. from alliance headquarters on -- orders go out for the arrest of the last top nazis. german sailors, marines and who guarded these secrets are made captive. the high commanders of this curious organization which had served as a surrendering authority for defeated germany are put under arrest. in this castle at bloomsburg, the general lies dead beneath a picture. he participated in germany's unconditional surrender. arrested, he took poison. alfred total chief of staff leaves the headquarters for

. >> historic pictures last days of the war in europe show american and russian troops as they join to split german armies in two. the united states general reinhart meets a certain german defeat. inside germany itself, the alliance see the famous stadium of nuremberg with the capture of this famous city the american flag flouts out the swastika. in a symbolic gesture american troops destroy the nazi party emblem. >> american history tv and washington journal are marking the end of world war ii, the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii in the europe theater. ve day, victory in europe day. we welcome historian rick atkinson whose final book in the guns of last light published in 2013, the final of the three books focusing on years 1944 and 1945. and rick atkinson, to get our conversation started on v-e day, just a quick time line of where things were and how they came from d-day on june 6th, 1944, in late august the liberation of paris in august 25th, 1944, the battle of the bulge in december of that year into january of 1945, and then to v-e day. take us back, rick atkinson, to may 7th and 8th of 1

historic pictures of the last days of the war in your show american and russian troops as they join the river elbow splitting german armies into weeks red army general -- eye meaning that smell that certain german defeat. >> inside germany itself the ally sees the famous nuremburg of the capture this famous southern german setting the american flag now the swastikas >> in a symbolic gesture american troops destroyed the nazi party emblem. . american history tv and washington journal marking the end of world war ii and the european theater. v. idai victory in europe day we welcome author and historian rick atkinson whose final book in the liberation trilogy is guns at last light published in 2013 the final of the three books focusing on the years 1944 and 1945 rick atkinson to get our conversation started on v. idai a quick timeline of where things were and how they came from d-day on june 6th 1944 in late august the liberation affairs in august 25, 1944. the battle of the bulge in december that year into january of 1945 and then to v-e day. take us back to may 7 and eighth of 1945. how did the war end in europe? >> the wa