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so churchill went to stalin on poland. the pacific.y fdr risks his life to go to yalta to get commitment from stalin to participate in the pacific war. and he knew already from his ambassador in moscow that what stalin wanted in return. he wanted japanese territories. part of the korean islands. and he wanted the seaports to create soviet sphere of influence there because stalin wanted also control over the railroad that was leading to those ports. that is on this map what actually happened in terms of the creation of the fact of the soviet sphere of influence in china. i just mentioned they spent more on poland than any other subject in yalta, but on the far east they spent 30 minutes. it was a meeting on the margins of the conference between stalin and fdr. they spent so little because so much time went into preparation of that meeting and they already knew each other's positions and fdr knew what stalin wanted. and fdr felt very uncomfortable to pay for the soviet participation in the war with the territories not just of japan, pote
so churchill went to stalin on poland. the pacific.y fdr risks his life to go to yalta to get commitment from stalin to participate in the pacific war. and he knew already from his ambassador in moscow that what stalin wanted in return. he wanted japanese territories. part of the korean islands. and he wanted the seaports to create soviet sphere of influence there because stalin wanted also control over the railroad that was leading to those ports. that is on this map what actually happened in...
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stalin dies in 1953.rchill comes out and says this would be a good opportunity to meet the new leadership at the highest level, be in another kind of summit meeting and i think he was trying to resolve the cold war then and there if he could. part of the problem was eisenhower was president since january and he gave a speech in saying he was not excited about april 1953, a summit because the soviets would need to make major armistice is working on that. , and maybe atreaty german peace treaty. ofhad very specific kind things he said that soviet needs to make confession before we sit down with them in a summit meeting. nothing happened for the next two weeks, and then the summit that happened was actually at bermuda. that was late in 1953. it was the french, british, american summit. that's when i in -- eisenhower made that remark about the woman in the street. that is the same talking about the soviet union. third -- sort of tension between church hill eisenhower carried into when eisenhower was president
stalin dies in 1953.rchill comes out and says this would be a good opportunity to meet the new leadership at the highest level, be in another kind of summit meeting and i think he was trying to resolve the cold war then and there if he could. part of the problem was eisenhower was president since january and he gave a speech in saying he was not excited about april 1953, a summit because the soviets would need to make major armistice is working on that. , and maybe atreaty german peace treaty....
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way.gain, stalin got his poland was a major defeat for churchill and a major victory for stalin.gain i do not think even he would predict how important the document would be, but he proposed to sign a declaration for a liberated europe, which during the entire cold war was the one document where it was clear the soviets didn't do what they promised to do at yalta. but that was a declaration, nothing specific. it became a major factor in the cold war. at that time it was something that they spent maybe 15 minutes going through that and assigning it, but it would become an important issue. so a loss to churchill, a win for stalin on poland. the pacific. again, one of the key reasons sked his life to go to yalta, to get a commitment from stalin to participate in the pacific war. he knew already from his ambassador in moscow that what stalin wanted in return, he wanted japanese territories. the sea ports. in fact, to create a sphere of influence there, because stalin wanted control over the railroads that led to the ports. that is this map. happened in terms of the creation of the so
way.gain, stalin got his poland was a major defeat for churchill and a major victory for stalin.gain i do not think even he would predict how important the document would be, but he proposed to sign a declaration for a liberated europe, which during the entire cold war was the one document where it was clear the soviets didn't do what they promised to do at yalta. but that was a declaration, nothing specific. it became a major factor in the cold war. at that time it was something that they...
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for stalin, that was unacceptable. and molotov, who knew what stalin was thinking until he was doing that, later said that, well, the only way for us to coexist is for the west to decide this is yours and this is ours. because they know they were very very -- very insecure and they knew they couldn't compete with the united states. so their way was to -- the iron curtain. and that is where complexity of churchill's position is. he's not against spheres of influence but he's against iron curtain. so the exclusive sphere of influence, this is not how he understands the world. >> gentleman, jim to the right has a question and then i'll get to the other side of the room. >> it is a -- question. i shared statistics about the casualties, in a related question what was the west's perception of those numbers? did they trust them and did they know it or thought it was stalin pontificating and later did they perceive that the soviets could continue and did that make a difference. >> i'll start and others can chime in. from the s
for stalin, that was unacceptable. and molotov, who knew what stalin was thinking until he was doing that, later said that, well, the only way for us to coexist is for the west to decide this is yours and this is ours. because they know they were very very -- very insecure and they knew they couldn't compete with the united states. so their way was to -- the iron curtain. and that is where complexity of churchill's position is. he's not against spheres of influence but he's against iron...
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this is joseph stalin for.the minister of foreign affairs, commissariat foreign affairs and they are portrayed here. this is one of the photos from the soviet archives that became available after 1991. they are waiting for the fdr and churchill before the famous photograph was taken that i started this presentation with. that would be 20 minutes before they are waving the court of the palace. that is president roosevelt after landing in crimea. you see that he is tired, you see that he is sick, you can see here that he doesn't have much time. that photo, in my opinion, also states the point that i tried to make a few minutes ago about who needed who and the kind of sacrifice that fdr and what he prepared to undertake, what risks he was once prepared to take. he left his well actually. he told his son where his well was when he was -- when he decided to go to yalta. now, let me be more specific, what exactly fdr wants and needs and why he goes there. at the very top of his agenda is the croatian -- creation of w
this is joseph stalin for.the minister of foreign affairs, commissariat foreign affairs and they are portrayed here. this is one of the photos from the soviet archives that became available after 1991. they are waiting for the fdr and churchill before the famous photograph was taken that i started this presentation with. that would be 20 minutes before they are waving the court of the palace. that is president roosevelt after landing in crimea. you see that he is tired, you see that he is sick,...
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he forged an agreement with stalin, which ironically enough, stalin kept. obviously for his own reasons. and of course britain intervenes in the civil war, then they step back and the americans step in. it wasn't churchill's finest moment, and he himself said that it was a naughty document, and he felt uncomfortable about it. but keep in mind churchill lived to be 90. he had a seven-decade, almost, political career. some of his views shifted over time. although i think he is a lot more consistent than a most people give him credit for. even though he was horrified by the yalta settlement he was also alert to any sign that there might be an opportunity for a breakthrough in relations with the soviets. and i quoted some of the things he wrote and said in the aftermath of the death of stalin and how he saw that as an opportunity to bring about a peaceful settlement. >> before we get to the other question, isn't it possible to hold both of the positions, to hand you a spheres of influence agreement? because churchill was a bedrock anti-communist. i realize in l
he forged an agreement with stalin, which ironically enough, stalin kept. obviously for his own reasons. and of course britain intervenes in the civil war, then they step back and the americans step in. it wasn't churchill's finest moment, and he himself said that it was a naughty document, and he felt uncomfortable about it. but keep in mind churchill lived to be 90. he had a seven-decade, almost, political career. some of his views shifted over time. although i think he is a lot more...
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stalin, which ironically enough, stalin kept. a beasley, for his own reasons. and of course -- obviously, prison reasons. -- for his own reasons. and of course he steps back and the american step in. it was not churchill's finest moments, and he himself said --t and he felt comfortable uncomfortable about that. but keep in mind churchill lived to be 90. he had a seven-decade almost political career. some of his views shifted over time. although i think he is a lot more consistent than a lot of people give him credit for. even though he was horrified by the yalta settlement he was alert to any sign that there might be an opportunity for a breakthrough in relations with the soviets and i quoted some of the things he said in the aftermath of the death of stalin and how he saw that as an opportunity to bring about a peaceful settlement. is it possible to hold both of those positions to hand you an agreement? a bedrockurchill was anti-communist. complex beings. and then in of session comes to before. there's also the absolute horror.
stalin, which ironically enough, stalin kept. a beasley, for his own reasons. and of course -- obviously, prison reasons. -- for his own reasons. and of course he steps back and the american step in. it was not churchill's finest moments, and he himself said --t and he felt comfortable uncomfortable about that. but keep in mind churchill lived to be 90. he had a seven-decade almost political career. some of his views shifted over time. although i think he is a lot more consistent than a lot of...
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stalin didn't want to leave the soviet union. when we talk about summits, this is a recent phenomenon in international diplomacy. winston churchill as he coined many important concepts of 20th century political history also turned -- coined the term summitry. when there was a chase on and who would first clear the summit of mount everest. that sort of fired up the imagination of contemporary people. from that he sort of took term summitry. the cambridge historian david reynolds has written an excellent book on 20th-century summits and the first big one was actually the munich conference in 1938. that is before tehran and yalta what we are going to talk about today. the way professor reynolds put it, it was made possible by air travel, made necessary by weapons of mass destruction and made into household news by the mass media. he cities all three elements as crucial in modern summitry. but let me get into the very complete outline by dr. stoler and march you through it. his theme is sort of various summit conferences before the y
stalin didn't want to leave the soviet union. when we talk about summits, this is a recent phenomenon in international diplomacy. winston churchill as he coined many important concepts of 20th century political history also turned -- coined the term summitry. when there was a chase on and who would first clear the summit of mount everest. that sort of fired up the imagination of contemporary people. from that he sort of took term summitry. the cambridge historian david reynolds has written an...
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and fks dr agrees and he gets also something back from stalin stalin says he would not mind if the united states also had more than one vote. there is a discussion that there would be alaska and hawaii that would join the united nations. but once that information was leaked to the american public, there was a major scandal. people were prepared to forgive stalin and for breaking one nation and one vote, but not to forgive or accept that from their own president. so we're not supposed to behave like that. so that is very interesting. and alaska never became a member of the united nations. i'm pretty sure i'm running out of time, so i will try to wrap up my presentation. i miserably failed to cover all aspects of the yalta conference, but i tried to deal with the most important ones and the big question is, after this very short overview, whether or not the hi srstography was a failurr not. maybe it was an unqualified success for the united states and for the western allies. well the answer to all of these may be more nuanced than the questions themselves. and one thing that is very obvious
and fks dr agrees and he gets also something back from stalin stalin says he would not mind if the united states also had more than one vote. there is a discussion that there would be alaska and hawaii that would join the united nations. but once that information was leaked to the american public, there was a major scandal. people were prepared to forgive stalin and for breaking one nation and one vote, but not to forgive or accept that from their own president. so we're not supposed to behave...
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because stalin insisted on it. if you think about it, united states had already landed and the british in africa and then italy, making their way up the boot in 1943. the soviets had already defeated the germans before moscow and stalingrad. while this vital progress was being made on the bottle field, here they decided finally we're going to up a second front six months after the end -- six months after the tehran conference. in that sense, the second front had been a sore issue between the western powers and stalin for two years. it was promised in may of 194 s because he wanted to relieve list armies in the east. upon stalin's insistence, it finally was promised that there would be a landing in france, operation overlord. another landing in the south of france, operation anvil. this would force hitler into a two-front war, he would have to fight in the west, too. there was a three or four-front war going on because he was fighting in italy, the balkans, scandinavia. he had armies all over. the big three then met
because stalin insisted on it. if you think about it, united states had already landed and the british in africa and then italy, making their way up the boot in 1943. the soviets had already defeated the germans before moscow and stalingrad. while this vital progress was being made on the bottle field, here they decided finally we're going to up a second front six months after the end -- six months after the tehran conference. in that sense, the second front had been a sore issue between the...
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no, you keep it, said stalin. the man of steel could afford to appear magnanimous if magnim 80, he knew he precarious britains finances and tenuous was her hold on its various dominions, therefore, he honored this squalid but necessary bargain knowing he could strike later once the british deposit was no longer able to enforce the deal and beside, the communist gorillas of greece were more than capable of maintaininger that campaign agovernment without direct soviet help. guns and terror are cheap. long after his iron curtain speech, churchill would have much more to say to americans about the struggle with the soviets. he achieved his great dream and returned to downing street as prime minister in 1951 in an eerie echo as andrew roberts relates in his brilliant biography of churchill's only novel in which he had written of the hero, who was, of course, a projection of himself, after the tumults have subsided, the hearts of the people turned again to the illustrious exile who had won them freedom and whom they had
no, you keep it, said stalin. the man of steel could afford to appear magnanimous if magnim 80, he knew he precarious britains finances and tenuous was her hold on its various dominions, therefore, he honored this squalid but necessary bargain knowing he could strike later once the british deposit was no longer able to enforce the deal and beside, the communist gorillas of greece were more than capable of maintaininger that campaign agovernment without direct soviet help. guns and terror are...
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and josefoosevelt, stalin full -- joseph stalin. focuses -- he talks about the legacy of yalta and and one in the cold war of the leading cold warriors in the area. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. dayur final speaker of the is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that, he served as rector of the national church hill library and center at george washington university in and also up -- served as the director of -- society. the museum has a long-standing relationship with the local branch of the church hill society and churchill society of new orleans. with him being half american, we feel he can keep covering winston as much as he wants. we enjoy having michael and his affiliates, do great works around the country. michael was in charge of putting their 34th and 35th churchill .onference together we're not quite caught up with that in international conferences but i know how much of a beast that is. seen "the darkest hour"? f
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stalin was, of course, paranoid about this very possibility. stalin paranoia was a way of life. and feeding stalin's paranoia was probably not a winning strategy for the allies at this point in the war or, frankly, at any other point. that was the background for the march 28th note from eisenhower to stalin, telling the soviet dictator that allied forces intended to drive east with the aim of cutting germany in half, north to south, not to detour northeast to try to take berlin. so, my point, instead of a messy top-speed race to berlin and a subsequent, very bloody urban mele, which is what the proponents going for berlin are really asking for, yalta ensured that the war in europe would end with the meeting of soviet troops on the alba river april 25th, 1945. and i have to say, having weighed the pros and cons, pluses and minuses, it's probably a better option. and i hope a lot of people in the room would agree with me. well, what did that decision then lead to? deciding to forego a risky, long-distance strike at berlin allowed the u.s. army to focus on a juicy operational targe
stalin was, of course, paranoid about this very possibility. stalin paranoia was a way of life. and feeding stalin's paranoia was probably not a winning strategy for the allies at this point in the war or, frankly, at any other point. that was the background for the march 28th note from eisenhower to stalin, telling the soviet dictator that allied forces intended to drive east with the aim of cutting germany in half, north to south, not to detour northeast to try to take berlin. so, my point,...
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stalin was deliberately underwhelmed. i do not think atom bomb was as much of a secret as is often portrayed. the science was international before the outbreak of world war ii. >> ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv is on social media. c-span history. medal of honor winner reflects on his experiences and the sacrifices made by american soldiers throughout our nation's history. here's a preview. ago, at this moment sn time, thousands of marine ayingavy corpsmen were lin toir lives on the line capture a very small piece of as youthat we now know would you -- iwojima. involveds who were wondered why so many marines? to capture this a very small piece of rock. its significance at the time. i'm sure that those in charge did. because of the future planning that they had for the island. ranks had n
stalin was deliberately underwhelmed. i do not think atom bomb was as much of a secret as is often portrayed. the science was international before the outbreak of world war ii. >> ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv is on social media. c-span history....
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for stalin it was he sat into a trade and what all the way down.it was safe for him and to show off the destruction and to remind his allies. this might have figured in future debates about mentioning an important issue in yalta and subsequently -- to remind the western powers that the level of destruction of the soviet union is so immense, 17,000 villages being destroyed is often the number here. if they see it with their own eyes, they will be more forthcoming on german reparations. in other words, the germans repay for reconstruction. you are right, stalin didn't care about the difficulty for churchill and roosevelt to get to yalta. he just cared that number one, he would get there safely and number two, it would be a site that he could thoroughly bud. i think we shouldn't forget about that intelligence aspect. >> ladies and gentlemen, around a pause for doctor. >> harvard ukrainian history professor sarah plaque he outlines the major issues and decisions of the february 1945
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and eisenhower was hearing stalin suspected it. that is when eisenhower himself sent a note to stalin. , a theaterual commander sending a note to the generalissimo and political jefe. up the paperwork to back content and the allies were considering it. that thentention allies were considering it. >> jim? >> you raised an intriguing question. eisenhower sent stalin a note. did his bosses know about it or did they tell him to do it? >> this is like being the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. i want to make sure everyone is in the loop. certainly washington seemed to know about eisenhower's letter in advance. but churchill did not. he was burned about it. the eisenhower-turtle relationship which we do not talk about enough -- eisenhower-churchill. it is also a crucial one and bears more attention. washington knew that some representation would be made. >> a question from mike online. best for the panel to discuss this. is there evidence they discussed the seizure of german scientists and research.
and eisenhower was hearing stalin suspected it. that is when eisenhower himself sent a note to stalin. , a theaterual commander sending a note to the generalissimo and political jefe. up the paperwork to back content and the allies were considering it. that thentention allies were considering it. >> jim? >> you raised an intriguing question. eisenhower sent stalin a note. did his bosses know about it or did they tell him to do it? >> this is like being the executive director...
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yalta conference between allied leaders winston church l churchill, franklin roosevelt and josef stalin. mr. bishop focuses on churchill's role at the meeting and how yalta impacted the british prime minister personally and politically. he also talks about the legacy of yalta and its role in the dawn of the cold war with churchill becoming one of the leading cold warriors of the era. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. >> our final speaker of the day is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that he served as the national director of the churchill library center at george washington university in d.c., and he also served as executive director of the international churchill society. some of you, many of you know that the museum has had a longstanding relationship with the local branch of the churchill society. the churchill society of new orleans, and with him being half american, we feel we can keep covering winston as much as we want, but we certainly enjoyed watching michael and hi
yalta conference between allied leaders winston church l churchill, franklin roosevelt and josef stalin. mr. bishop focuses on churchill's role at the meeting and how yalta impacted the british prime minister personally and politically. he also talks about the legacy of yalta and its role in the dawn of the cold war with churchill becoming one of the leading cold warriors of the era. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. >> our final speaker of the day is mr. michael bishop....
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soviet dictator joseph stalin and u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt focused on concrete planning for the post will future they had sketched out at the tehran summit more than a year. and i think you goals in point of big 3 medically alter the 1st issue was the westward shift of poland they'd already discussed out of tehran now it was decision time and it was clear that there would be occupation sums done but fighting when they talked about what to do in the pacific was so much but the fiction. said father sufi union had not participated in the fighting in the pacific but roosevelt's health was declining and he wanted to bring moscow on side to end the war quickly and avoid further heavy losses. faults roosevelt approached stalin and told him that he needed him in the pacific he negotiated with him and got him to promise that the red army would attack struck down 3 months after the hand of the war in europe well you know what i mean stalin kept a promise to the day talk and all i got. in return the waste and allies pledged to expand their sup
soviet dictator joseph stalin and u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt focused on concrete planning for the post will future they had sketched out at the tehran summit more than a year. and i think you goals in point of big 3 medically alter the 1st issue was the westward shift of poland they'd already discussed out of tehran now it was decision time and it was clear that there would be occupation sums done but fighting when they talked about what to do in the pacific was so much but the...
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and this is it towards you wouldn't the church i wanted something to show stalin got the support of the so much so i come and so the idea took root out. they flew harriet's behind the german lines on the soviet front and caused chaos there so that it would somehow help the red army but he's just. the british planes reached dressed in just before half past 10 in the evening it was a mess a camera film to explosives and incendiary bombs dropping from the edge of the attack has made no attempt to hit specific targets large areas of the says he were to be destroyed within 15 minutes 3 courses of the city center with some fine. dust bunnies and for the fact that the attack on dresden was so devastating they had to do what the circumstances are and the president had no anti-aircraft defenses its anti-aircraft guns are taken to the eastern front but sometimes you know many of its night fighters couldn't take off all of a target it was a clear night and no defenses and the british could go in relatively low the last minute or drop it flares accurately in the bombers were able to follow them exa
and this is it towards you wouldn't the church i wanted something to show stalin got the support of the so much so i come and so the idea took root out. they flew harriet's behind the german lines on the soviet front and caused chaos there so that it would somehow help the red army but he's just. the british planes reached dressed in just before half past 10 in the evening it was a mess a camera film to explosives and incendiary bombs dropping from the edge of the attack has made no attempt to...
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soviet dictated joseph stalin and u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt focused on concrete planning for the post will future they had sketched out at the tehran summit more than a year earlier. and i don't think it was important to big 3 met at the altar the 1st issue was the westward shift of poland you just wish they'd already discussed out of tehran now it was decision time and it was clear that there would be occupation sums done but for i think when they talked about what to do in the pacific us almost but sufficient. itself on the soviet union had not participated in the fighting in the pacific but reza tells health was declining and he wanted to bring moscow onside to end the war quickly and avoid further heavy losses. thoughts roosevelt approached stalin and told him that he needed him in the pacific he negotiated with him and got him to promise that the red army would attack truck and train months after the end of the war in europe well you know what i mean stalin kept a promise to the day talk and all and. in return the western allies
soviet dictated joseph stalin and u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt focused on concrete planning for the post will future they had sketched out at the tehran summit more than a year earlier. and i don't think it was important to big 3 met at the altar the 1st issue was the westward shift of poland you just wish they'd already discussed out of tehran now it was decision time and it was clear that there would be occupation sums done but for i think when they talked about what to do in the...
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and uses it to its you women god as a church i wanted something to show stalin but they supported the soviets so i come and so the idea took root out if they flew arrogance behind the german lines on the soviet front and caused chaos there it's it would somehow help the red army from been here to do what the british planes reach stressed in just before half past 10 in the evening and it was a messy cameras filmed the explosives and incendiary bombs dropping from the end. the attackers made no attempt to hit specific targets large areas of the city were to be destroyed within 15 minutes 3 courses of the city center was on fire. just priests and bombs all and for the fact that the attack on dresden was so devastating had to do it the circumstances are and the president have no anti-aircraft defenses its anti-aircraft guns are taken to the eastern front the ones i'm told to share many of it's night fighters couldn't take off all of a target it was a clear night and no defenses and the british could go in relatively low the last fighter could drop its flares accurately in the bombers were
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and josefoosevelt, stalin full -- joseph stalin.cuses -- he talks about the legacy of yalta and and one in the cold war of the leading cold warriors in the area. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. dayur final speaker of the is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that, he served as rector of the national church hill library and center at george washington university in and also up -- served as the director of -- society. the museum has a long-standing relationship with the local branch of the church hill society and churchill society of new orleans. with him being half american, we
and josefoosevelt, stalin full -- joseph stalin.cuses -- he talks about the legacy of yalta and and one in the cold war of the leading cold warriors in the area. the national world war ii museum hosted this event. dayur final speaker of the is mr. michael bishop. michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that, he served as rector of the national church hill library and center at george washington university in and also up --...
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himself and in the interview stalin had said what are the most immediate things you need and stalinaid i need antiaircraft guns and aluminum and he comes back with the message that you can't use aluminum on the battlefield. stalin says we will survive -- also the soviet foreign ministry tells hopkins they want the us to make a declaration. japan would into the war against the soviet union, the us would enter the war against japan. hopkins can't make a pledge but it reinforces the notion that in moscow they see it the same way, keeping the chinese, keeping the japanese from attacking the soviet union is critical. what is going to happen is the us is in negotiations with japan and what are the japanese looking for? they want out of the china quagmire. they have two basic proposals which if you read their proposals and whether diplomats are saying boil down to this. they want the us to agree to oppose the settlement on the chinese which effectively acknowledges japan has won, the chinese are defeated or the us would agree to force the chinese into negotiations and abandon the chinese o
himself and in the interview stalin had said what are the most immediate things you need and stalinaid i need antiaircraft guns and aluminum and he comes back with the message that you can't use aluminum on the battlefield. stalin says we will survive -- also the soviet foreign ministry tells hopkins they want the us to make a declaration. japan would into the war against the soviet union, the us would enter the war against japan. hopkins can't make a pledge but it reinforces the notion that in...
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he was focusing on the west and so turning himself into stalin's best allies . awful storm. in this year's many germans had fled to say leisure to escape from the western allies bombing salesian had been largely spared from aerial bombardment but now the soviet advance put them right in the middle of the war. like in east prussia most people here only had one goal to escape from the read all. of it 1st to listen and then doesn't enjoy will be terrible because it's get beaten or die vi because what we did during the eastern campaign especially against soviet civilians but also in poland into a list of often poor in the crimes we committed will return to us as vengeance yes vote. so on. those fears often proved to be justified many red army soldiers committed atrocities in revenge for the crimes of the family and the s.s. . divide as cadets who will see an escalation of violence against the german civilian population here the shooting of civilians the shooting of women and children. as she soon found on k'naan the abduction of german civilians. on the 2 vilest and the mass rap
he was focusing on the west and so turning himself into stalin's best allies . awful storm. in this year's many germans had fled to say leisure to escape from the western allies bombing salesian had been largely spared from aerial bombardment but now the soviet advance put them right in the middle of the war. like in east prussia most people here only had one goal to escape from the read all. of it 1st to listen and then doesn't enjoy will be terrible because it's get beaten or die vi because...
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he was focusing on the west and so turning himself into stalin's best allies . often starting. in the last years many germans had fled to saudi leisure to escape from the western allies bombing salesian had been largely spared from aerial bombardment but now the soviet advance put them right in the middle of the war. like in east prussia most people here only had one goal to escape from the red. of it 1st early signs and then doesn't enjoy will be terrible because it's get beaten or die vi because what we did during the eastern campaign especially against soviet civilians but also in poland into a list of often poor in the crimes we committed will return to was as vengeance yes vote. so once took. those fears often proved to be justified many red army soldiers committed atrocities in revenge for the crimes of the family and the s.s. . the harm here. divided as cuts here we see an escalation of violence against the german civilian population here the shooting of civilians the shooting of women and children. and found on one can the abduction of german civilians. vilest and the m
he was focusing on the west and so turning himself into stalin's best allies . often starting. in the last years many germans had fled to saudi leisure to escape from the western allies bombing salesian had been largely spared from aerial bombardment but now the soviet advance put them right in the middle of the war. like in east prussia most people here only had one goal to escape from the red. of it 1st early signs and then doesn't enjoy will be terrible because it's get beaten or die vi...
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they are very much a precursor to what came later in stalin's time.een reviled as a tyrant we are executing a handful of violent radicals. under lenin and his followers, millions would die at the hands of the state. >> it is difficult to h-uppercase-letter how many people came to die under lenin's system and stalin's system because there were so many different ways to die. there were people who died in camps, people who died because they were machine-gunned down in the woods, people who died because they were deported, people who died in artificial famines and when you begin to put the numbers together you get numbers and statistics in the tens of millions. ♪ bret: >> lenin, in general, had no subtheme for human beings. he believed, as did others, that through education, legislation you can make not want all things and you create human beings. the existing human race was forgotten that killing them was progressive. ♪ bret: admits to terror and war, lenin was building a system of government unlike any seen before. along with the old regime russia's cap
they are very much a precursor to what came later in stalin's time.een reviled as a tyrant we are executing a handful of violent radicals. under lenin and his followers, millions would die at the hands of the state. >> it is difficult to h-uppercase-letter how many people came to die under lenin's system and stalin's system because there were so many different ways to die. there were people who died in camps, people who died because they were machine-gunned down in the woods, people who...
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. ♪ almost immediately, the president went to yalta and met with joseph stalin and winston churchillsteps to crush the axis and establish peace. it was the last meeting of the original big three. franklin roosevelt looked tired and old. in april, a great man was dead. the loss of franklin delano roosevelt was deeply felt by people all around the world. ♪ in the cabinet room of the white house, harry s truman was sworn in as president. on the very eve of victory and its deserving aftermath, his was the heavy duty of carrying on with the leaders of america's allies. 25 days later, on may 7, and a little schoolhouse in france, came the unconditional surrender of germany. general alfred jodl, nazi chief of staff, signs a document formally ending all german resistance. general walter smith signed for the supreme command, and the end of one of history's most massive and brilliant campaigns brought a moment of well-earned joy to an american soldier named ike eisenhower. ♪ [explosions] in the pacific, in mortal combat against a fanatic foe, the army, marines and navy were driving to finish t
. ♪ almost immediately, the president went to yalta and met with joseph stalin and winston churchillsteps to crush the axis and establish peace. it was the last meeting of the original big three. franklin roosevelt looked tired and old. in april, a great man was dead. the loss of franklin delano roosevelt was deeply felt by people all around the world. ♪ in the cabinet room of the white house, harry s truman was sworn in as president. on the very eve of victory and its deserving aftermath,...
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marshall joseph stalin. prime minister churchill arrived with his daughter. they were greeted. with president roosevelt presiding, the historic conference began. the big three met again 14 months after tehran, each holding power as great as any wielded in his nation, and the three together holding the immediate future of the world in their hands, each representing countries varying widely in background, viewpoint and temperament, but both countries and the leaders, united by a common desire for victory and peace. the joint communications center was set up and held all the messages of the conference. at the conclusion of the first part of the conference, with much of the work already done, the big three, surrounded by chiefs of staff's, their staffs and civilian officials, posed for the cameras in the patio of the palace. a memorable picture, the three leaders with their highest estate miniatures -- ministers behind them. the conference proceeded as the heads of state and the raids went on with the work of coming to an agreement of the many problems involved. after eight days, t
marshall joseph stalin. prime minister churchill arrived with his daughter. they were greeted. with president roosevelt presiding, the historic conference began. the big three met again 14 months after tehran, each holding power as great as any wielded in his nation, and the three together holding the immediate future of the world in their hands, each representing countries varying widely in background, viewpoint and temperament, but both countries and the leaders, united by a common desire for...
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is only because it has employed communist tactics worst warsnvoked the of soviet communism, from stalin 's five-year plans to leningrad. after shutting down almost half the country's factories to stop the spread, the chinese communist party is open again barely one month later. investors around the world, beware. that decision is motivated not by confidence, but by desperation. it will almost certainly lead to more outbreaks as workers crowded subways and factory floors, all because the chinese communist party mandarins, living safely behind armed guards and walls in beijing, decided that hitting their growth target was more important than the peasants' lives. when i first called for travel restrictions on china in late january, dr. lee was still and thet -- still alive coronavirus was thankfully far from our shores. tragically, it is now a global disease, and we have to do all we can to arrest its spread. the most vital thing china can do is be fully open and transparent about the origins and extent of the coronavirus. i say to the chinese communist party, stop hiding behind your fake
is only because it has employed communist tactics worst warsnvoked the of soviet communism, from stalin 's five-year plans to leningrad. after shutting down almost half the country's factories to stop the spread, the chinese communist party is open again barely one month later. investors around the world, beware. that decision is motivated not by confidence, but by desperation. it will almost certainly lead to more outbreaks as workers crowded subways and factory floors, all because the chinese...
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british prime minister winston churchill, president franklin roosevelt, and soviet leader joseph stalin. >> welcome back to the metal and paul hilliard conference center here at th
british prime minister winston churchill, president franklin roosevelt, and soviet leader joseph stalin. >> welcome back to the metal and paul hilliard conference center here at th
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scuffles breakouts outside a courthouse in the northern chinese city of chen jin as stalin's form a co-founderone true and junks trial gets underway and. he's been held without access to his family or lawyers for more than 3 years. the coup. court hands him a 4 and a half year sentence for subversion he is one of the few people that have refused to make a 4 c.v. confession he would choose to be tortured to death before submitting to something that he know isn't wrong like making a forced to be confession admitting some kind of crime but he doesn't consider a crime. others swept up in the 709 crackdown appear to have buckled under pressure though. in august 2 10161 of china's most celebrated human rights lawyers appeared in at least 2 separate t.v. reports. wang you said she was rejecting an award conferred on her by the american bar association. as. long you has since made clear she agreed to the so-called interviews for the sake of her son. the teenager was attempting to flee china when he was stopped at a border town in myanmar his father long jones says chinese authorities used him as a bar
scuffles breakouts outside a courthouse in the northern chinese city of chen jin as stalin's form a co-founderone true and junks trial gets underway and. he's been held without access to his family or lawyers for more than 3 years. the coup. court hands him a 4 and a half year sentence for subversion he is one of the few people that have refused to make a 4 c.v. confession he would choose to be tortured to death before submitting to something that he know isn't wrong like making a forced to be...
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stalin was said to have joked that the only country rich enough to afford communism was the united states[laughter] why should it not be true? why should it not be true? in the 1960s just some benchmarks for you, the dow jones industrial average was approaching a record level of 1000. it seemed only a matter of months before the dow would pass up landmark. there was one aging underappreciated executive at ge who saw things differently. he was an older guy. he was a vice president/ labor relations and the name of this man was lemuel ricketts boulware. boulware believed it did it come with the board pay taxes to the federal government or when it met all together and wrote out big plans. he believed growth took place when a lonely scientist in a dumpy lab had an idea and flaunted the world. ideas like the light bulb. i ge idea. >> the high wages and prices would have ge were competitive nobody could quite imagine japan at this point that was the scope of the imagination of a pristine company like general electric to return to the old capitalism the quote is the rapid train trend are to be ch
stalin was said to have joked that the only country rich enough to afford communism was the united states[laughter] why should it not be true? why should it not be true? in the 1960s just some benchmarks for you, the dow jones industrial average was approaching a record level of 1000. it seemed only a matter of months before the dow would pass up landmark. there was one aging underappreciated executive at ge who saw things differently. he was an older guy. he was a vice president/ labor...
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joseph stalin is part of his brutal tithe year plans is trying to control not just the clocks bit the calendars. stalin re-invented the calendar a couple of time sod instant won't have seven days bruce he doesn't want workers to have two days off so the try this five day week with no weekends and they didn't work. tried a six-dave week. didn't work. in 1930 he made all of russia's spring forward in april. so he made every turn the clocks ahead. and unfortunately, in october he froth to tell them to fall back. i'm not making this up. 61 years. every clock in soviet union was off because of the confusion over daylight saving time. it has confounded the world. it's also a lovely idea of what we think of as the precision of the 20th century and the punishing precision of clock time, this constantly defeats and undermines. it does force us to look and think, clock time is -- it's a veneer you can put your finger through and realize if you can lose or gain an hour, it's hard to ail veil your time the way before you knew that. >> we took time to go to australia, one of these confusing times
joseph stalin is part of his brutal tithe year plans is trying to control not just the clocks bit the calendars. stalin re-invented the calendar a couple of time sod instant won't have seven days bruce he doesn't want workers to have two days off so the try this five day week with no weekends and they didn't work. tried a six-dave week. didn't work. in 1930 he made all of russia's spring forward in april. so he made every turn the clocks ahead. and unfortunately, in october he froth to tell...
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stalin was said to have joked the only country rich enough to avoid communism was the united states. [laughter] why should it not be true in the 1960s the average was approaching a record level of 1,000 i-india seem to matter of months before they would pass the landmark but there was underappreciated executives that saw things differently. he was an older guy, he was the vice president and labor relations and his name was boulware. he believed it didn't come when the board paid taxes to the federal government are met altogether and wrote out a big ooans he believed it took place on a lonely scientist in his lab had an idea and wanted the world, ideas like the light bulb. ge idea. boulware believed the burden of government spending and union demand backed by government would gradually strangle american competitiveness. even a little bit of socialism he said could do damage. the reason the kitchens were better than the russian tensions as the old term investments at the beginning of ge. the reason the companies strive is they were unaffordable but the wages and prices would render the
stalin was said to have joked the only country rich enough to avoid communism was the united states. [laughter] why should it not be true in the 1960s the average was approaching a record level of 1,000 i-india seem to matter of months before they would pass the landmark but there was underappreciated executives that saw things differently. he was an older guy, he was the vice president and labor relations and his name was boulware. he believed it didn't come when the board paid taxes to the...
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this means until recently the farmer possessed more than 100 sheep and goats but then 58 animals was stalin and he's moved the rest of his herd to a different place on the island far away from the camp after. i'm hiding as many as i can but they still took 2 and slaughtered them they came from over there that was 20 days ago that's why i've got a dog now well as much of your planet has your manners farmers on moriah regularly find slaughtered animals on their properties usually a sign that the perpetrators were disturbed the act. the locals tried to track down the stolen animals they secretly took photos of a makeshift fresh meat counter in the camp. this video supposedly shows an afghan refugee selling cuts of meat in his tent. and the camp is growing rapidly and uncontrollably and the food deliveries are not enough to feed 20000 people as an emergency solution flour is being passed out helping people help themselves with very little. the look is great the snow the. course of food is the beauty of the river. and you took. frequent power cuts people are dependent on getting firewood from th
this means until recently the farmer possessed more than 100 sheep and goats but then 58 animals was stalin and he's moved the rest of his herd to a different place on the island far away from the camp after. i'm hiding as many as i can but they still took 2 and slaughtered them they came from over there that was 20 days ago that's why i've got a dog now well as much of your planet has your manners farmers on moriah regularly find slaughtered animals on their properties usually a sign that the...
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fear and anger we can't see because people can't express themselves we should not forget what joseph stalin once famously set and i quote there is a quality in quantity to. so when you are swamping the media and the social media space with a particular narrator. that presents a somewhat different picture so if a particular is heard. and again by a wide range of media a lot of people will buy into that. just because china is churning out the propaganda does not mean it does not have legitimate grievances with the international coverage of covert 19 discerning media consumers may have noticed that when news outlets outside of china report on coronavirus cases in their countries be it the us italy or india the accompanying image usually includes an asian face that could pass for china germany and spiegel publish this magazine cover it came off as more blame game than journalistic and when the wall street journal produced a piece with this headline responded by revoking the credentials of 3 of their journalists and deporting them there definitely has been racism in the reactions to the corona v
fear and anger we can't see because people can't express themselves we should not forget what joseph stalin once famously set and i quote there is a quality in quantity to. so when you are swamping the media and the social media space with a particular narrator. that presents a somewhat different picture so if a particular is heard. and again by a wide range of media a lot of people will buy into that. just because china is churning out the propaganda does not mean it does not have legitimate...
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of laws by there with them and that is the only or the if commonly thought you lose them in under stalin and other they have a look at me it makes them democracy or to make them at the. thing with human rights now we are talking about israeli keith me he said that israel by definition not be a normal democracy because it wants to see itself there. being such such a state i don't think equality simply cannot be quality between all of the citizens no it was not your focus so we are very far from having any democracy here in israel there are different ways in playing the game well if we have it yes there are elections but in general we have the indigenous either in israel the palestinian minority we are facing you it erase this constant goes against us we're just making this from our point of view don't be and never a democracy or unfold in west jerusalem is that a fair point that flow. in tel aviv raises in effect or and seems to be saying that politics is getting more tribal it's getting more tribal around the world indeed some people might say but is it getting more tribal for the palest
of laws by there with them and that is the only or the if commonly thought you lose them in under stalin and other they have a look at me it makes them democracy or to make them at the. thing with human rights now we are talking about israeli keith me he said that israel by definition not be a normal democracy because it wants to see itself there. being such such a state i don't think equality simply cannot be quality between all of the citizens no it was not your focus so we are very far from...
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if you go and he's not it was not only stalin to. impeding them to come to greece. into shock churi pushing them into the ground this is all the information was very easy sound unsure or oafish and even guards are used by mr advisor to put pressure on the european union in order for the european union to get to doing to stop or humiliate me he is. due for his wish to syria and russia on the other hand. the european union british and nothing. it is not. anybody should because it out of the opportunity to guide us and hoping that it is going to solve the problem but i have shown again or was there anything to shoot him against but simply this shows another the passion to do it greece has already issued an enormous number of refugees at immigrants and it is a very bad shape because all of the big problems which were important needed by its european partners at the i.m.f. . the french prime minister has announced a controversial pension reform will be adopted without a vote in the national assembly and this caused outrage in paris where dozens of gathered in front of th
if you go and he's not it was not only stalin to. impeding them to come to greece. into shock churi pushing them into the ground this is all the information was very easy sound unsure or oafish and even guards are used by mr advisor to put pressure on the european union in order for the european union to get to doing to stop or humiliate me he is. due for his wish to syria and russia on the other hand. the european union british and nothing. it is not. anybody should because it out of the...
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hello again i'm james spays he's russia's longest serving leader since the soviet dictator joseph stalin and if you're a russian under the age of 20 you've never known another leader vladimir putin's critics fear he's preparing to be president for life the 67 year old has backed a constitutional amendment to reset his presidential term count to 0 allowing him to run in another 2 elections the lower house of parliament passed the legislation on tuesday russians would you to have their say in a constitutional referendum next month the amendments are the latest in a choreographed process that began in january we'll come back to what putin said then now the kremlin leader hasn't ruled out running for president beyond 2024. but then we should go for it you may consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution protections on the number of presidential terms but incipient that will do as a motion in principle this option would be possibly at them but under one condition if the constitutional court of the russian federation gives an official conclusion that's that such an amendment will
hello again i'm james spays he's russia's longest serving leader since the soviet dictator joseph stalin and if you're a russian under the age of 20 you've never known another leader vladimir putin's critics fear he's preparing to be president for life the 67 year old has backed a constitutional amendment to reset his presidential term count to 0 allowing him to run in another 2 elections the lower house of parliament passed the legislation on tuesday russians would you to have their say in a...