For 4 years from 914. 00 to 1918 and europe seemed on course to destroy itself. On august the 4th 1914 germany invaded belgium. Most of the worlds major powers was soon drawn into the conflict. By the time the war ended almost 40 nations in Europe Africa the middle east and east asia were involved. The socalled rich war was fought with unprecedented destructive power the turtle of more than 16000000 people were killed. The allied powers including the British Empire france the United States belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire austria hungary and the Ottoman Empire. When the armistice was announced in 1900 people in the allied countries took to the streets to celebrate. The french writer seymour now described the scene in paris. In the crowd young factory workers and fashionably dressed ladies hugged and kissed each other. To greet empires of europe were falling apart. The wars that have killed millions prompted new demands for independence. In apri
By the time the war ended almost 40 nations in Europe Africa the middle east and east asia were involved. The socalled rich war was fought with unprecedented destructive power a total of more than 16000000. 00 people were killed. The allied powers including the British Empire france the United States belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire austria hungary and the Ottoman Empire. When the armistice was announced in 1900 people in the allied countries took to the streets to celebrate. The french writer ill bet seymour now described the scene in paris. In the crowd young factory workers in fashion or with dressed ladies hugged and kissed each other. To greet him powers of europe were falling apart. The war that had killed millions prompted new demands for independence. In april 916 Irish Republicans in dublin launched an insurrection against british rule. But the uprising was poorly organized and was put down quickly by british troops once again the unio
Bbc embarrassed themselves with their coverage of the israel story. This news gathering is story. This news gathering is not as easy as it looks. Perhaps gb news is the place to go after. All plus, at 10 00 on the button, my first on air reaction to the news that gb news the peoples channel has signed. Bofis peoples channel has signed. Boris johnson. My reaction on the hour of ten. So two hours of big opinion, big debate and plenty of entertainment along the way. It is friday night, so the way. It is friday night, so why you grab something why dont you grab something cold from fridge cold and fizzy from the fridge or and tear or fire up the kettle and tear open the custard creams . Its going to be a great show producer ive producer greg is back. Ive got a in my bones. Lots a good feeling in my bones. Lots to get through. First the news and armstrong. And Aaron Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. The breaking news is out of israel tonight. The Is
Good afternoon, everybody. You can hear me okay . My name is todd sedgwick. Im privileged to be one of the commissioners of the centennial commission, and it is my honor to help organize this symposium. I want to thank all the participants and all of you in the audience for coming, and the thousands who are watching this this afternoon from home as it is being live streamed. Very briefly i would like to introduce the moderator and panelists. On my far right is rob dalessandro, a wellknown author and military historian specializing in the American Expeditionary forces. And has written a couple of books. One is for sale outside. Im going to be a shill for rob and encourage you to buy his book out there. He just came out with a new one called remembering world war i, which is being published by eastern national. It just came out very recently. They are the distributor for the park service. He also is acting secretary of the American Battle monument commission, and most important to me, he
Thanks to other weather problems we had to ditch we have the right panel here. I could myself on that, to talk about americas entry into the war. This is provocative question. Program touch on it today quite a bit. What is americas place in the world, particularly swirling im going election to have our panelists will open with a couple of remarks, then we will have some questions. Every time i look at that it echoes of wilson, very much with the topics we hear today. Should beagenda primary, american first or should we be involved in bettering democracy overseas, and a more stable world . These are all topics that we touch on and what will no doubt be a spirited conversation. Who have risen to be you have every reason to be afraid. [laughter] great times together. Jack, i will open the floor to you. Thank you very much for inviting me here. Ive never been to this museum, it is extraordinary. The centennial is very important. The entry into the war become even more itself is a rorschach