city that's made all the more poignant by the fact today's going to verse three of the battle of stalingrad which was of course one of the talking points if not the turning point not only on the eastern front in the battle between the red army and the fair market but in the whole of world war two the great patriotic war as it's known here in russia this event has become bigger and bigger every year the russian president he said us now attended i believe even netanyahu the israeli prime minister has been spotted someone the crowd will be interesting to see which photo he's carrying all these people here today hundreds of thousands carrying photographs pictures and if they're not available even just the name of their answers those who played their part whatever that was a soldier a nurse a driver played that small contribution in that picture in which has made russia what it is today very much an emotional moment for many people here andrew. really quite rightly said this could very well be record attendance for the mortal regiment not only here in russia but also around the world sure will c

the red army crushed hitler's advance on stalingrad a turning point which led to the surrender of german forces. not far from home but the soviet victory came at a high price millions of russians perished not only from combat but also starvation and cold at a reception putin paid tribute to the soldiers who fought for the country. that you're going to do things which i want to address the veterans in this hall the veterans in all of our country all veterans of the great patriotic war wherever they may have lived. yes some like me i met with many of them in various countries they are all heroes. we all got our heads before their acts of bravery with. israel's prime minister and serbia's president also attended the festivities benjamin netanyahu is high profile visit comes a day after washington announced their withdrawal from the historic iran nuclear deal of which russia is also a signatory. situ up today on the web site of course d w dot com i'll be back on the top of the hour how the day. that the world over information they provide the means they want to express t.w. on facebook and t

relatives of my great products could do small to fuel it was a soldier he pulls in the battle of stalingrad when he sadly died millions of people munching well deployed cities across europe treads on the lisbon across the atlantic united states truly a global event so all of those people that made their contribution and in many millions of cases gave up their lives it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits. if you can hear their harangues that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people and the portraits they survived the years of war and this is an memory of all of them this is mikhail vibrance of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits his first defended his motherland to make the nazis retreat and then he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as kaliningrad. one of the most horrifying chapters of the war was the siege of leningrad which is modern day st petersburg the city was completely surrounded by german forces for eight hundred seventy two days because

relatives of my great granddaughter could do small to dylan was a soldier he falls in the battle of stalingrad when he sadly died millions of people munching well deployed cities across europe madrid beyond the lisbon across the atlantic united states truly a global events on all those people that made their contribution and in many millions of cases gave up their lives it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits. you can hear their harangues that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people and the portraits they survived the years of war and this is an memory of all of them this is mikhail vibrancy of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits his first defended his motherland to make the nazis retreat and then he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as cullinan grad. well the most horrifying chapters of the war was the siege of leningrad which is modern day st petersburg the city was completely surrounded by german forces for eight hundred seventy two days because

the red army crushed hitler's advance on stalingrad a turning point which led to the surrender of german forces. not far from home but the soviet victory came at a high price millions of russians perished not only from combat but also starvation and cold at a reception putin paid tribute to the soldiers who fought for the country. but you but if you think it's i want to address the veterans in this hall the veterans and all of our countrymen and all veterans of the great patriotic war wherever they may live. yes some like me i met with many of them in various countries they are all heroes. we all got our heads before their acts of bravery with. israel's prime minister and serbia's president were also present polices attended a solemn ceremony together at the eternal flame just outside the kremlin. hard sports news down to tennis icons looking to regain their best form are struggling ahead of the french open serena williams withdrew from next week's it's how you know when a clay court tournaments that she's won four times williams hasn't played competitively since a first round loss in th

the red army crushed hitler's advance on stalingrad, a turning point that led to the surrender of german forces. but the soviet victory came at a high price. millions of russians perished not only from combat but also starvation and cold. putin paid tribute to the soldiers that font for a country. -- fought for their country. >> i want to address the veterans in the hole. the veterans in our country. all veterans of the great patriotic war wherever they may live. they met in various countries. they are all heroes. we bow our heads before their acts of bravery. reporter: israel's prime minister and the soviet president were also present. the leaders attended a solemn ceremony together at the eternal flame just outside the kremlin. brent: getting back to that iran nuclear deal now that the u.s. has taken an and set, what is it going to mean for european companies that still do business in iran? karon: concerns are mounting today and you will remember when those sanctions were lifted. investment letter dan. now what will the situation -- flooded in. now what will the situation be? this afte

three pivotal battles of stalingrad have beaten off the threat of defeat in 1942. now they were going on the offensive and the big challenge for the americano british was hw fastrc they could win here. they had differing circumstances and different goals for how the war should end. britain and the d united states favored different strategies. a more basic problem was that they did not trust each other sd resentment over years since world war i, made it hard for both countries to trust the other and that's a lesson for our time. damaging relationships cannot be restored it's like flipping a switch. even when both parties are facing existential threat. the british americans. >> struggling with their own internal divisions. the british chiefs of staff under churchill micro management of the war, action of this day, memoranda and churchill himself had doubts about whether or not his generals could deliver victory. the american joint chiefs of staff struggled to under the politics by which their commander in chief had to contend and they despair that fdr's resolve to st

after the russian revolution of course and also the anniversary of the victory in the battle of stalingrad modern day volgograd of course in southern russia that was one of the key battles of the great patriotic war one of the the biggest the most bloody battles which really was a turning point not only on the eastern front in the russian fight against nazi germany but overall in the second world war my great grandfather for them died also on the battles under stalin rather so very poignant they personally for myself here as well it's very much else about the military to volunteers you said then it is the guest was saying numerous new hardware on display from drones for the first time ever to on manned vehicles robotic vehicles of course a new aircraft and tanks as well but really it's about the people here there's less and less veterans from world war two attending very sadly every year of course but they have the place of honor as you can be able to see you know t.v. screens there in livio piece sector it's all about them of course today and later there will be a pro a procession of of o

relatives of my great granddad could do small to dylan was a soldier he pulls in the battle of stalingrad when he sadly died millions of people munching well deployed cities across europe treads on the lisbon across the atlantic united states truly a global events on all those people that made their contribution and in many millions of cases gave up their lives it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits are out they can hear their harangues that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people and the portraits they survived the years of war and this is an memory of all of them this is mikhail vibrance of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits is first defended his motherland to make the nazis rich street and then he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as kaliningrad. during the push for victory in the second world war the soviet army's mail service was overwhelmed with letters from the front lines and loved ones back home the messages reveal not only the horro

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of my great granddad could do some of the doolittle was a soldier in the force of the battle of stalingrad where he sadly died today of course so this year rather was the anniversary of the victory and the battle a key turning point on the eastern front and aboard would suit millions of people marching worldwide cities across europe treads on the lisbon across the atlantic united states truly a global event so all of those people that made their contribution and in many millions of cases gave up their lives for peaceful about and see all mankind it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits are out there getting here there are a that's also. another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people and the portraits they survived years of war and and memory of all of them a few years ago i promise to myself that in the next four years. every time during victory day i'm going to take one of the portraits of one of my four great grandfathers and i'm keeping the promise and this is. the grandfather of my mom what he did pretty much everyone else here on these

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relatives of my great granddad could do small to dylan was a soldier he pulls in the battle of stalingrad when he sadly died millions of people munching well deployed cities across europe madrid beyond the lisbon across the atlantic united states truly a global events all of those people that made their contribution and in many millions of cases gave up their lives it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits all right you can hear the harangue that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people in the portraits they survived the years of war and this is in memory of all of them this is mikhail difference of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits is first event it is motherland to make the nazis rich street and then he got a medal for it liberating the city that's now known as kaliningrad. well one of the most horrifying chapters of the war was the siege of leningrad which is modern day since petersburg the city was completely surrounded by german forces for eight hundred seven

lives my great grandfather could do small to good and was also a soldier you forced the battle of stalingrad out and laid down his life there this year is that a verse from your top particular battle as well which makes things a lot more poignant a real turning point that was in the eastern front and in world war two. but as i said every person here has a story every found money left touched by some contribution their descendants made and it really the size of this event. the record numbers of this event goes to show just how seriously the russian people take this how much it really does mean to them and this goes as we said beyond the russian borders i believe we have had events which our correspondents will recall saw in other capitals as well back to you and the issues. like a tank stand the hype sunshine continues for the coming back she were later today that was down hawkins there in the center most of them before. we were talking with a deeper trenker was both mentioned the mortar regiments are being held across the globe the march is to honor the memory of those who fell victim to the

reenactment group which is dedicated to a soviet division the bravely fought against the nazis at stalingrad we caught up with a couple who told us more about what brought them together. i wanted to be really something memorable it was an important event something that tradition and i really think is very important to be a part of the state and i wasn't expecting it when it happened. he completely caught me off guard it was great because you know given the victim are just some things that we both feel very strongly about definitely something that will live on forever. when we go she was living history event where regular people will come out to our shows and a lot of them well ask me why i and or training the bad guys or and then i have to explain to them how the soviet union was not active powered world war two so what this tells me is that most people here they don't remember they were never taught their history that the soviet union was not an enemy in the world war two and not until the beginning of the cold yours are two nations become rivals. i pray for women and well for if you like r

reenactment group which is dedicated to one soviet division the bravely fought against the nazis at stalingrad we caught up with a couple who told us a bit more about what brought them together. i wanted to be really something memorable it was an important event something that tricia and i really think is very important to be participate in i wasn't expecting it when it happened it was just completely caught me off guard it was great because you know given sadism are just something that we both feel very strongly about it's definitely something that will live on forever. when we go through what's called a living history event where regular people will come out to our shows and a lot of them well ask me why i am for training the bad guys in new york and then i have to explain to them how the soviet union was not an axis power and world war two so what this tells me is that most people here today don't remember they were never taught their history that the soviet union was not an enemy in the world war two and not until it was the ending of the cold yours are two nations to come alive . i prepar

nine out of ten and of course today is the anniversary as well of the victory in the battle of stalingradwhich was one of the turning points not only on the eastern front but also as you mentioned earlier an entire war was not exactly it was when the nazi war whoop woman she. was proven to be defeated it was its first major defeat an entire army group some rounded destroyed but worst of all worst of all at least the fair you know in hitler's perspective was their surrender their surrender to the inferior salvi and so that that is a moment to change the world she literally changed the world the diplomacy of the day the culture of today the geography of the day. and the price of that decisive moment was absolutely huge there is no explaining it to someone in the west there is simply no way you have felt that you have to have had your grandparents tell you about how will their friends lost their lives how one in five russians lost their lives they have to see pictures of the cities that had been completely annihilated it simply didn't happen the mood was very different that is not to you kno

re-enactment group which is dedicated to a soviet division bravely fought against the nazis at stalingrad and we caught up with a couple who told us more about what brought them together. i wanted to be really something memorable it was an important event something that tricia and i really think is very important to participate in i wasn't expecting it what happened was he completely caught me off guard it was great because you know given sadism are just something that we both feel very strongly about that's definitely something that will live on forever. when we go through what's called a living history of events where regular people will come out to our shows and a lot of them well ask me why i'm portraying the bad guys and war and then i have to explain to them how the soviet union was not an axis powers in world war two so what this tells me is that most people here today don't remember they were never taught their history that the soviet union was not an enemy in the world war two and not until the beginning of the cold yours are two nations become rival. i prepare i for women and wo

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the red army crushed hitler's advance on stalingrad a turning point which led to the surrender of german forces. not far from home but the soviet victory came at a high price millions of russians perished not only from combat but also starvation and cold at a reception putin paid tribute to the soldiers who fought for the country. sure but if you can see so i want to address the veterans in this hall of the veterans and all of our countrymen and you feel them all veterans of the great patriotic war wherever they may be live music you some like me i met with many of them in various countries they are all heroes to where we all got our heads before their acts of bravery with. israel's prime minister and serbia's president were also present believe has attended a solemn ceremony together at the eternal flame just outside the kremlin. are going back now into that iran nuclear deal now that the u.s. has taken a hit and exits what is that going to mean for european companies that still do business in iran this is the big questions and concerns of mounting today because of course a twenty fifte

relatives of my great granddad could do small to do it was a soldier he pulls in the battle of stalingrad when he sadly died millions of people munching well deployed cities across europe madrid beyond the lisbon across the atlantic united states truly a global event to all of those people that made their contribution and in many millions of cases gave up their lives it's all about the people whose faces are in these many many portraits all roads you can hear the harangue that's also another remarkable feature of this march again back to the people in the portraits they survived the years of war and this is an memory of all of them this is mikhail vibrance of who is the grandfather of my mom what he did like pretty much everyone else here on these portraits his first event it is motherland to make the nazis retreat and then he got a medal for liberating the city that's now known as kaliningrad. one of the most horrifying chapters of the war was the siege of leningrad which is modern day st petersburg the city was completely surrounded by german forces it hundred seventy two days because o