there was also women on the front line in the resistance like in france, greece yugoslavia. but in the army, there was only russia. >> you mentioned this in your presentation, but how much were women paid on the assembly line in the united states, either per hour or per week or per month during the war? and how does that compare with what men were paid for comparable jobs prior to the war? mr. francois: i do not know how much they were paid, but there was a difference between the pay for a woman and for men. for the same work, they were paid less than men. does that make sense? yeah? yeah? [laughter] yeah. >> you had mentioned the role of women in the espionage. i wondered if you could expand that a little bit and talk about some of the types of missions and things that they went through in that part of the war. mr. francois: they were two organizations who used women for intelligence and espionage. there was the oss, the office of strategic service in the u.s., and the sl we in the u.k. -- the soe in the u.k. they used women as agents in the nazi occupied countries like fra

. >> croatia has commemorated 20 years since its war of independence from the former yugoslavia. in august 1995 the army recaptured territory taken by serbian fighters four years serbia, a more somber commemoration. commemoration. 10,000 people died in the war. >>> japan is preparing to mark 70 years since the southern city of hiroshima was destroyed in the first nuclear attack. many surviving victims have received compensation. as we hear, others are yet to be recognized. >> reporter: the hills are fertile farm land,. locals put it down in part to the purity of the water. this downpour is called a blessing from heaven. 70 years ago he said they were cursed with rain from a man made hell. >> it was glistening like oil. >> reporter: when the u.s. air force dropped atomic bomb, radioactive debris was swept into the air mixed with atmospheric moisture and fell as so-called black rain. the village lies outside the officially accepted black rain zone. he and others have launched legal action to have their experiences and often their medical conditions recognized as stemming from the h

soviet union fell apart, as we wondered what would happen with russia's nuclear weapons, and as yugoslaviaell apart, ending in the balkan wars, which were very bloody. certainly there is a tremendous amount of risk, and it's the hour for europe's politicians to get this resolved, to come to some consensus on solidarity regarding greece, regarding other countries in financial and economic duress. where this onslaught of refugees that need to be distributed in an equitable fashion across europe. sarah: we heard from the populist. do you expect them to win out, or do you expect greater integration to win out, to cope with all these challenges? the stanza -- costanze: for the populist to win out, they would have to be much better organized and have something like a political program. the program of the populist is negative. it is criticism of a caricature of the european union as -- i don't know come the playground of decadent and fascist forces. none of that is true. still, what's necessary now his leadership from european politicians to broker compromises on distributing refugees on a way fo

fairytale >>> croatia commemorated 20 years since the end of its war of independence from the former yugoslavia than 3,000 soldiers took part in pa military parade. in august 1995. the croatian army recaptured territory taken four years earlier. >> in neighbouring serbia, there was a sombre commemoration, it was a day of mourning for the 700 serbian rebels who died in a military offensive. around 10,000 diet in the war -- died in the war >>> japan is preparing to mark 70 years since the southern city of hiroshima was destroyed in the first nuclear attack. the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb in the closing days of second world war. 140,000 people died in the attack, and in the months that followed. harry fawcett reports from hiroshima >>> the miles above hiroshima offers rice, and other produce. it's been called a blessing from heaven. 70 years ago they were cursed with rain from a man made hell. >> translation: we were soaked with black. the roots were gliftening like i will. it rained so hard. >> when the u.s. air force dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nawasaki, radioactive debris was swept

part of a process intended to draw the western balkan countries, countries of the gormer yugoslavia into the e.u. it has been hijacked before the latest reports coming through, by the pressing question of europe's miling ration crisis, and if that news is concerned. it will no doubt filter through to the likes of angela merkel who are in the palace behind me, and add gravity and urgency to their talks about migration in europe. >> what have you heard up to date? >> well, we have heard from western ball can leaders, countries like serbia and macedonia, that they need more help from wealthier counties in the e.u. what we heard in austrian and german leaders is the european union as a whole has to step up to the challenge, it has though share the responsibility fairly equally among the block. european solidarity, if it means anything, it means, for example, some form of quota system across the e.u. relative to country's wealth and capacity to take in refugees, something that we know face stiff opposition from eastern countries and the u.k. the danger as the austrian foreign minister put it

soviet union fell apart, as we wondered what would happen with russia's nuclear weapons, and as yugoslaviaell apart, ending in the balkan wars, which were very bloody. certainly there is a tremendous amount of risk, and it's the hour for europe's politicians to get this resolved, to come to some consensus on solidarity regarding greece, regarding other countries in financial and economic duress. where this onslaught of refugees that need to be distributed in an equitable fashion across europe. sarah: we heard from the populist. do you expect them to win out, or do you expect greater integration to win out, to cope with all these challenges? the stanza -- costanze: for the populist to win out, they would have to be much better organized and have something like a political program. the program of the populist is negative. it is criticism of a caricature of the european union as -- i don't know come the playground of decadent and fascist forces. none of that is true. still, what's necessary now his leadership from european politicians to broker compromises on distributing refugees on a way fo

it was formed in yugoslavia in the 1980s, and is a best-known band >>> that's it for this edition of al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora, thank you for watching. "america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. we leave you with a video that has gone viral with 2.5 hits. north korean accordion hits play "take on me." >>> justice date day. >> when a verdict came back, and it was guilty on all counts, the courtroom erupted >>> justice can by blindsided when a witness gets it wrong. >> two years on death row for something i did not do >>> when cops are the bad guys. >> he physically used his hands, slapped me, choked me >>> confessions are forced. >> 25% nationwide, all wrongful convictions >>> an "america tonight" special, reasonable doubt

states with the killings of millions of people be the prc and to a lesser extent in vietnam and yugoslavia as equivalent struck me as really torturous. granted people suffered under mccarthyism but it wasn't like being denounced by ones neighbors and put to death. >> any other questions people would like to throw out now that professor masuda could responsibility? >> i'm afraid it's not a question, it's also a comment. i'm milton lightenberg, school of public policy. i spent 50 years of my life studying the strategic arms race and the cold war and i just couldn't accept your construct at all from the very base. i wonder what stalin would think of the notion of an imagined reality or everybody in east europe from 1945 to 1950. that's preposterous. secondly you began by saying that stalin was not president person who started the war and one doesn't have to use that cartoon. outside there's the cold war international history project volume 8. i don't know if that's the one in the papers but i would even criticize charles krauss's lines where he says that this was only due to kim's pleading an

example 1992 the european union was facing a bigger refugee crisis from the kurds, sri lanka, former yugoslavia. but today because of the mediterranean, because of the situation of austerity mixed with those politics we have a worse situation. >> we've been talking some time about proper burden sharing. we can see that germany for lots of different reasons fakes in more migrants. do you think that we're looking at a place where they start to even those up a little bit? >> i chair the parliament committee. i think it's far too little too late for the member states of the european commission, the parliament are quite progressive, but the individual member states have assets to do something in the mediterranean, they have assets to do something to do something and report costs to have refugee resettlement relocation. they're not doing enough. they're not doing enough because they don't feel that they have a mandate from the people in those countries. people have sympathy, but they don't have enough sympathy to make things happen. i'll give you an example. you mentioned germany and sweden doing a l

. >> in yugoslavia, president truman and british prime minister to chill her meeting with joseph stalin to decide how to end the war in the pacific. it was not their preference to include russia unless absolutely necessary. hear that very -- to asked stalinad about our test, we were told, yes, truman had mentioned it and stalin had reacted -- he did not comment. >> because he already knew. >> he already knew. >> after the successful test at trinity, the man who began what became the manhattan project was concerned that the weapon, which was made to stop hitler, should not be used. he and other scientists felt it should be demonstrated to japan to encourage them to surrender. he started a petition among the scientists to appeal to the president to consider alternative plans. >> even before the test, sometime i believe and of june -- end of june, i got a letter from a very good friend. whom i had driven to see einstein at the time and he signed the letter that got things going. and he had circulated a petition. that the bomb should not be dropped. japanese were notified. may i at least ci

states with the killings of millions of people be the prc and to a lesser extent in vietnam and yugoslavia as equivalent struck me as really torturous. granted people suffered under mccarthyism but it wasn't like being denounced by ones neighbors and put to death. >> any other questions people would like to throw out now that professor masuda could responsibility? >> i'm afraid it's not a question, it's also a comment. i'm milton lightenberg, school of public policy. i spent 50 years of my life studying the strategic arms race and the cold war and i just couldn't accept your construct at all from the very base. i wonder what stalin would think of the notion of an imagined reality or everybody in east europe from 1945 to 1950. that's preposterous. secondly you began by saying that stalin was not president person who started the war and one doesn't have to use that cartoon. outside there's the cold war international history project volume 8. i don't know if that's the one in the papers but i would even criticize charles krauss's lines where he says that this was only due to kim's pleading an

. >> she's from yugoslavia.ve her second season here in march. >> reporter: katie ford was ceo of ford models for ten years, a company her parents founded in 1946. >> it was a very serious business. it had over $100 million in revenue. >> reporter: today her business is no less serious. >> the hope and dream a model has for a better leave is the same thing as a field worker who comes here from mexico or somebody who works in construction. >> reporter: traveling all over the world, she runs her foundation freedom for all, working to slop modern-day slavery at its source. she also supports victims of forced labor. this woman runs one of the partner organizations, a survivor, she came to the u.s., looking for work, and found herself forced into prostitution. this cooking class helps provide survivors skills needed to move on. some did not want to be filmed. those who have moved on were now willing to tell us their stories. >> when i arrived, this hungarian man picked me up at the airport and demanded all my money.