he was running from the advancing soviet army with just one gun in his hands. when his column was entering the town of hall but it could. under heavy fire. a furniture factory was here. they took us for a soviet and they opened one and so the crossing was covered with dead bodies food despite the fact the fight was going on between two german divisions and. when the germans realized they were shooting their own people they stopped the fire but by that time the soviet troops had already approached the town of. german column turned out to be in a circle of fire on the one side of the street the soviet soldiers were shooting. and on the other side v.s.s. soldiers were fighting back. to her needs were flowing from both saw us the fighting was intense there where the bakery is now tank fortifications they prevented soviet tanks from entering the territory also they prohibited the germans from running from the battlefield it was on this street we lost hundreds and hundreds of. the remains of his army managed to leave the circle and fled to the west but during those th

it happened when the bulk of the soviet forces in circles and some elements of the red army reached the river. the allies from both sides had decided to celebrate the meeting. and the soviet lieutenant alexander soon became friends the picture of the two men hugging became a symbol of the end of the second world war. we were both grinning and i was grinning and happy to meet each other. we were happy to know that we were the victors. the first link up of american troops could have taken place much earlier had the british open the second front in one thousand nine hundred four but when they first agreed back in one thousand nine hundred two. the establishment of an anti hitler coalition began on june twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty one a year later the soviet union the united states and great britain signed a declaration on the opening of the second front in europe. one thousand nine hundred two one thousand nine hundred three passed with no second front to relieve pressure on the soviet union in the east. plans to open a second front were made but churchill and roosevelt

it happened when the bulk of the soviet forces encircled berlin and some elements of the red army reached the river . the allies from both sides had decided to celebrate the meeting. and the soviet lieutenant alexander soon became friends the picture of the two men hugging became a symbol of the end of the second world war. happy to meet each other. we were happy to know. where the. troops could have taken place much earlier had the british. when they first agreed back in one thousand nine. hundred forty one. thousand nine hundred forty three past. to relieve. the east. but. that it would be only when it became clear that the russians would. that they were. up. on the balance of forces. many in the west are upset about stalin's power to shape the post-war arrangements it makes me want to say. which we should have got in the fort sooner who discovered by the way were not the will. on the april twenty eighth soviet troops encircled the city center and began an assault on the right stuff. the building was protected by bands in the spring river and the bridge crossings had been blown up. troo

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according to various estimates of the soviet army lost from eight. between nine hundred forty one and nine hundred forty five. including civilians a total of twenty seven million soviet people died in the war with germany the combined losses of the usa and great britain came to nine hundred thousand people. was a result of all casualties and the heroism of off all those and grandfathers it was the result of self-sacrifice and heroic deeds. of force in europe not just in africa. hundred thousand victims come to compared to twenty million lives. in the history of mankind was over sixty five years have passed since they. survived still remember the victory like it was yesterday they still live with a victory in their hearts. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. from. a. big.

days the soviet troops lost up to two hundred thousand men according to various estimates of the soviet army lost from eight and a half to eleven million men between nine hundred forty one and nine hundred forty five. including civilians a total of twenty seven million soviet people died in the war with germany the combined losses of the usa and great britain came to nine hundred thousand people. who thought the way it was outcome was a result of all casualties and the heroism of off fathers and grandfathers it was the result of self-sacrifice and heroic deeds. of force in europe not just in africa. nine hundred thousand victims come to compared to twenty million lives what's. the bloodiest war in the history of mankind was over sixty five years have passed since now. those who survived still. live. wealthy british scientists i'm told some time to. find. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports. in the czech republic is available in a hotel as science central hotel premier and most regal to full stop by you to which i am a tas

george kennan said the did was the soviet army that tore the guts out of the machine, and the price thatwas paid -- this was the price, in a sense, that was paid for the occupation in europe by the soviet armies because they were the ones who had done this fighting. there was genuine appreciation for this fact in the west. salles in could not accept that proposition. he could only believe that the future would be conflict between capitalism and communism, that there had to be a massive struggle. and he also believed that he could out to bid us, how to do us, in the building of military strength, that the in united states at the end of the war was demobilizing, was moving away from its commitment to having any strong military standing army that would be in europe for as far in the future as anyone can see, and that he was convinced that there was an arms race. the united states would fall behind, and the soviet union would be victorious. of course he was dead wrong. the arms race that looker would essentially gut the soviet union. of their military. that they could not compete with the un

the soviet army had gone by then. instead of peace, i find a country engulfed in a brutal civil war. the war between brothers, they called it. the backdrop may be different, but the story is becoming familiar. 16 years on, afghanistan is still a nation at war. the old soviet racks remain where they were. talk to afghans today and they will tell you the u.s.-led coalition will be defeated, leaving behind its own military relics. if that happened, the coalition would join a long list of foreigners who tried and failed to tame this land at the crossroads of asia. not just the soviets, but the persians, uncles and arabs. once, these men would dance in victory. today, it's an earsplitting welcome ceremony. the weapons left behind by british soldiers. this one carries queen victoria's insignia, made in london in 1870. if the foreigners here succeed in defeating terror, that's good for us, says elder. but if it does cause more fighting, that's no good to us at all. >> this is the entry of british troops. >> this is the valle

the soviet army switched to the offensive but it was the first su near defeat of the where moms would. battle for moscow on our keep. down the official on t.v. application to go on the phone all i pod touch from the queues ops to. life on the go. video on demand ati's minefield costs and says feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com they faced it this is not a prohibition but war. pay for it and you should just step over what is sure to suppress the trees they have no idea about the hardships to face. they wanted to says it all to tunis and bring in the army the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism of those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. nineteen forty five dot dot com. with the latest news out of round up all the week's top stories the arrest of an artsy news crew covering a peaceful protest in the us is criticized by organization. a crackdown on media freedom but ignored by the mainstream american the news outlets. switzerland votes on a proposed law to expel f

committed against poland and of nine hundred thirty nine well on the eastern side of poland the soviet army invaded poland as well while out and a reason to do so so all its own little ducks and i think you know there are a lot of historians would disagree with you i mean stalin was trying to stay out of the war and i'm not a defender or in any way want to protect the historical legacy of joseph stalin not in any way shape or form but a lot of historians would claim it was he's trying to stay out of a war that the nazis definitely wanted to make if i could go to jerusalem or to put all right if you want to finish your point bill go ahead. i just want to say there are two important points about the nazi soviet pact of nine hundred thirty nine one is as you suggest staying out of the war and non-aggression pact but there was a secret additional protocol well that came out after the war that authorized the red army to attack poland and to incorporate the eastern part of poland into the soviet union so i think there is a perfect example of. an aggressive war being conducted in this case by the

a soviet army switched to the offensive but was the first su near defeat of the. battle for most co. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. involved in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlets you tell me that that sounds like democracy public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on a marching. working with nato to prevent. partners but the top priorities outlined in presidential address to the. it's barack obama's big test as he tries to break republican opposition and use his final chance this year to push past reduction treaty with russia. british students take to the streets. to protest against new deficit cutting measures that may make it tougher for them to get an education. also called russia's among those preparing their final presentations to host twenty eight hundred. two days time. to forty

tribunal but some nations have a complex relationship with the past look there's a monument to the soviet army liberators and here just meters away is the monument to soldiers who fought alongside u.b.s.'s troops. is still only an anti-fascist activist andrei says this historic paradox is reflected in the current state of affairs in this baltic country. even looking at the crumbling state of this monument it's clear that iraq government doesn't see the red army as saviors instead to be glorified those who fought in the side of fascists that's despite the fact a large part of our country would never support such ideas in april two thousand and seven this clash of opinions spilled on to the streets they study in government ordered their relocation over soviet soldiers from central to the outskirts of the city thousands of dissenters. and clashed with the police monuments to free estonia was put several hundred meters from the square where the soviet bronze soldier statue used to stand it resembles a cross and in the very heart of it is an emblem which was used by the a stoney an s.s. legions bac

two decades after the soviet army is x. it and really was taken aback to find out that russia was back in afghanistan again this time with its former anomie. these are the pictures he saw on the news reports for drug producing labs on the border between afghanistan and pakistan were destroyed in a special rate and a ton of heroin worth over two hundred million dollars. after we gave information to our u.s. and afghan partners the three sides planned the operation for three months we used about seventy special forces units three landing helicopters and six supporting ones the whole operation lasted less than four hours. but many experts say washington needed a push before it started to act it's unbelievable to me that it took russia to tell the united states where the drug labs were when we have a hundred thousand troops we've spent eighty billion dollars on intelligence we have one hundred thousand additional contractors so we had to know were crawling all over every inch of that country but it took a year or two in fact to

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special report veterans unveil new details of world war two we explore the berlin operation of the soviet army next hour here on our team. this is just a parliament building in. that. sixty five years ago. it was the final target. major offensive for the army. scout became the symbol of the formal sanctions sort of. a victory over nazi germany. the follow. on r.g. . moscow in kabul have agreed to join forces in the fight against opium production in afghanistan that comes as president karzai reversed his complaints about a drugs raid conducted by nato and russian agents near the border with pakistan artie's military analyst says the afghan president realized he needs to join the international anti-narcotics effort to promote his own image of the country's main drug bust or. just as expected they have going to president hamid karzai backtracked on his accusations regarding the russian party. in a joint trial lateral counter-narcotics operation in southern afghanistan however backtracking is not enough for hamid karzai to exonerate he's image and close association as an official top lobbyist for