A city. Just gone 6 oclock here in moscow now french prosecutors say that the man that decapitated a schoolteacher in france was born in moscow and was of chechen origin he had been living in france as a refugee the atrocity came amid growing anger after the teacher had reportedly showed his class early this month derogatory cartoons of the prophet mohammed. One of our compatriots was murdered because he taught freedom of expression the freedom to believe or not believe this. A compadre was the victim of an is honest terror attack the national antiterrorism prosecuting him fronts has been putting new details about what exactly happened in the days leading up to that brutal to cancellation of the 47 year old history teacher whos been named isnt assuming automatically now the assailant is your menu bag who was shot dead after decapitating teach at is an 18 year old of chechen origin or was born in moscow he had Refugee Status here in france and was apparently not previously known it to t
An officer. He spent one year in iraq as a platoon leader and later a oneyear tour in afghanistan. Nicholas moran is also a graduate of the u. S. Army command and general staff college. Hes been working as San Francisco bays war gaming americas in the house tanker and historian since 2012 and has the nickname of the chiefton. Might want to remember that. His first book on the development of Tank Destroyers is scheduled for release in the first half of 2018. Nick is known for articles and reviews of tanks inside and out. Lots on youtube called inside the chief tans hatch. Or there is there is this video cast on spanns American History tv. Ladies and gentlemen, nicholas moran. [ applause ] thats about as high as it goes. Good evening oh, boy. Todays talk is whitey sherman as it was. Thats not a very good title but it was the best i could come up when i was asked, hey, will you give us a talk. So im going to do the obligatory shoutout. The people who paid for me to come out here. We alrea
[applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. And this lecture series which is , about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which you know, needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield and with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners and the future military leaders from around the world, a place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with a
Scott, can you wave . [applause] thank you. This lecture series has been ongoing almost since the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series in the library. This is probably my last introduction because i have been drafted by the president. Some of you can identify with that. To go to washington to save the republic, which needs saving. As i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware. It plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield. And with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners and future military leaders from around the world. A place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with the future defense minister from india were a future commander of the Israeli Defense force might meet the future commander of the arab
Next on American History tv, historians present talks on two aspects of what the soviets aspects of the operation. Ready toow getting hand the stage over to an associate professor in the department of history at the university of windsor in canada. We met rob last year when he came down for our 2018 conference as an attendee. We are delighted to have him back with us to moderate our first session of the day. Without delay, dr. Nelson. [applause] good morning. Bout. E to the heavyweight these three major fronts for those of us, he saved the biggest one for last. Operation, one of the greatest, the most significant with a name that none of us can pronounce. I dont speak russian. I can say it in french way. Then there is the funny, easy pneumonic device. Operation bag of rations. Can kind of spell it out along the way. Words spelling out the with the emphasis on the final syllable. About the Eastern Front and how significant it is, difficult to bring the numbers and figures and the size o