general stillwell was making , with britishrma and chinese units.plosions] the tide of war was turning against the aggressors with a vengeance. after the assault on omaha beach, the army had crossed the german border. the battle for france was nearing its end. the battle with germany was about to begin. it was soon to reach full measure of the dragon's teeth. ♪ the immensity of global war, as it occurred at the height of world war ii, staggers the imagination. on the ground, in jungles and swamps, in mountains and forests, and on the plane, millions of men scattered around the entire world, locked in combat. thousands were bombing aircraft. , otherseas and beneath with their surface ships and submarines. incredibly long supply lines with mountains of materiel to transport. vast communication networks stretching around the earth. it was the greatest concerted organization of military might in the history of the world. it was as if the scriptural concept of the battle of armageddon was being realized at its greatest magnitude. europe, by the end of se

general stillwell was making progress in burma with his mixed command of hand picked american infantrymenmarauders and british and chinese units. the tide of war was turning against the aggressors with a vengeance. just 97 days after the 5th corps of 1st army had led the assault on omaha beach it had driven 500 miles inland and crossed the german border. the battle for france was nearing its end. the battle for germany was about to begin. the nazi reich was soon to reach full measure of the dragon's teeth it had sewn. ♪ >>> the immensity of global war as it occurred at the height of world war ii staggers the imagination. on the ground in jungles and swamps, in mountains and forests, and on the plains millions of men scattered around the entire world locked in combat. in the air thousands of others with their bombing and fighting aircraft. on the seas and beneath, other thousands with their surface ships and submarines. incredibly long supply lines with mountains of material to transport. vast communication networks stretching around the earth. it was the greatest concerted organization of

general stillwell and his troops, were fighting the japanese in burma. this was global warfare, on a scale never known before. less than three years before, hitler had addressed the nation. >> germany will face war on the united states to a positive conclusion. >> a japanese militarist, joins the chorus. >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks, when a people have those things, they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks, or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger who stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american, is no soldier. the american, no soldier? and yet there he was, carrying the fight to the aggressors. the self acclaimed superman, was coming to his bitter surprise and zero, the fighting quality of the american soldiers. these aggressors, had made a slight miscalculation. >> in italy, our forces pushed on through rain and mud. over mountains, across rivers. our power drive, the italians who forced the italians from france and the low country. our invasion of france, was soon to come. we now have an army numbering

general stillwell and his troops were fighting the japanese in burma.his was global warfare on a scale never known before. less than three years before, heightler had addressed the likestag. >> germany, italy and japan will wage common war on the united states to a victorious conclusion. >> in rome his fascist partner had declared -- >> fascist italy and national socialist germany, ever closely linked, participate from today on the side of heroic japan against the united states! >> a japanese militarist joined the derisive chorus. >> americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks. when a people has those things, they don't want to fight. americans won't sleep in hammocks or lie in trenches. they are like a tiger whose stomach is full. they are sleepy. >> the american is no soldier. >> the american no soldier? and yet there he was carrying the fight to the boastful aggressors. the self-acclaimed superman was learning to his bitter surprise and sorrow the fighting qualities of the american soldier. it seems the aggressors had made a slight miscalculat

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in burma, joseph stillwell's command of american, british and chinese jungle fighters were driving back the japanese, opening the way for completion of the ledo road which our army engineers were building as the land supply route to the embattled chinese by way of ind gentleman. in russia, german armies were in retreat before massive soviet counter attacks. to use an old army expression, we were clobbering the army on all fronts. but it was no grand march. as they were driven back, resistance increased along with mounting desperation. we paid a price for every mile we took. the battle for germany was on. for the germans, the twilight of the gods had come. >> how armies were battering at the gates of the nazi homeland. general hodges' first army drove through the line. mile upon mile of concrete fortification and tanks in place through the city. two years and seven months after general macarthur left the philippines, he kept his promise to return. on the 20th of october, 1944, his forces invaded the island of late. >> this, too, was to be no easy parade to victory. our soldiers were to f

message from the deputy national security advisor messagese and a video from assistant secretary stillwell. i question for you is how does the united states envision its relationship with taiwan and taiwan's global participation in the coming years. if i may come a trump mentioned last week that the u.s. may cut off all relations with china. would you like to weigh in your thoughts. should the united states have a -- ponder an official relationship with taiwan based on shared values of democracy, religious freedom, and human rights? sec. pompeo: we congratulated the winner of the election there. we were happy to see that. my congratulations were in english, not mandarin. it was the best that i can do. we understand the importance of the work we have done there. the importance of the history of agreements with the united states and china. it is the right solution to maximize stability in the states. the president talked about how we are going to respond, how he is beginning to think about responding to the calamity that has befallen the world as a result of the actions of the chinese commun

that's texas park ranger cassidy stillwell.ing to break up a crowd that wasn't social distancing and then that punk shoved him into the lake. the guy's okay. but the man accused of doing it, 25-year-old brandon hicks, was arrested and out on bond. hicks' attorney says he's embarrassed about his actions and has the utmost respect for law enforcement. please. how does he have the utmost respect when he just did that? look, why am i showing you this? we got to have respect for the reality, okay? and to me it speaks to just not understanding what's going on, not respecting what's going on, okay? and you don't want to ruin 25-year-old's life about it, but it shouldn't be a joke. too many celebrating it online as this is funny, watch what he did, save your laws. that's wrong. it sends the wrong message and we have to be better than that. thank you for watching. "cnn tonight" with d. lemon right now. >> infuriates me because we have to have respect for law enforcement, and you know that. >> of course. >> and we see too many videos --

ranger cassidy stillwell was not hurt. 25-year-old brandon hicks faces a charge of attempted assault. security gart was shot and killed in flint, michigan, after warning people to wear face masks at a family dollar store. >>> buses, subways and trains will be cleaned and disinfected around the clock to control the virus from spreading on public transit. they're critical to any reopening here in new york. cnn's brynn gingras joining us with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, erica, good morning. we heard a lot before in this pandemic, never been done before. that's the case with this disinfectant process. the mta says it is going to learn as it goes really. they want to get more efficient, but they say it is necessary in order for riders to feel safe, to get their workers who suffered tremendous loss to feel safe, and really to get this city that relies on mass transit moving again. it is an eerie scene underground in new york city's subway system. platforms and trains mostly empty. the pandemic slowing the country's largest transit system to a crippling pace. as new york gears up to

square and the oakland estuary, waking up with cloudy skies, low clouds and high-level a system stillwell those high clouds are well ahead of it. i clouds remain in place today with rain on top tomorrow. here is a look at future cast into the afternoon today. we will go partly sunny to partly cloudy along the coastline. i clouds overhead, so perhaps sunshine and sunlight expected for mother's day afternoon. is a few of monday morning. the clouds are back to 10:00 11:00 so, it is approaching areas like lake county, sonoma county and the coastline. around lunch time, there are a few sprinkles alone our coast. and over toward east bayshore and into the afternoon, a chance for scattered showers over the north they insensibly moving into the south bay. as far as rainfall amounts, if you want hundreds of an inch to a quarter inches expected. we will not be finished monday, more on that in the extended forecast. we have low 50s in santa rosa, made 50s at half moon bay. on the day, a lot of 50s as well. 58 along the peninsula and redwood city, as we go inland with sunny skies and high clouds. che

can you comment on the stillwell and burma road in supplying the chinese? was it more of a symbolic effort ? >> that sort of leads ahead but let me touch on that . the chinese had opened what was called the burma road because it was a road that ran from the port of rangoon in burma up to a place called lasio and over to china and it was a very crude road. it was not very effective. you'd consume an awful lot of gasoline just to navigate it. at one point they were estimating you'd have to put 18,000 tons vehicles at the beginning of the month to get somewhere between, six, 7000 total into china. eventually stillwell is going to wage a campaign in burma in 1944 to 1945 and reopen the burma road, is going to be called the lido stillwell road into china and the first couple months it passes significant tonnage and then a monsoon hits and there's a tremendous book by john placing an air force transportation pilot called the hump. it's the best single account i've seen that gives you all the stats and data and basically what plating says is that after this burst