schulenburg merely shrugged he had been given no directions on that note. molotov replied heededly as it could be nothing else as german troops have already crossed the soviet border and soviet cities have been bombed by german aircraft for over an hour and a half. schulenburg said nothing. at the end of their interview all molotov could stutter was quote. what have we done to deserve this? thank you. our first of all thanks to ian for setting the table. so ably it's going to be a difficult act to follow. i'd like to thank nick for a kind introduction into rob jeremy stephanie and others for organizing this splendid conference and inviting me here despite the fact my book is perhaps not the most cheerful. it takes a slightly more. shall we see sour tone regarding the conduct of the war at least in the part of some of the allies along with of course some of the results of that conflict. i realize now i need to clicker. oh here it is right next to me. so i'm actually not going to click yet. i want you just to look at this photo. and kind of puzzle over it for