Until his death on april 121945. We present nigel regan from the final volume in fdr war and peace fdrs final odyssey. Using the documents, hamilton rewrites the famous account of world war ii strategy is i eveny Winston Churchill in his memoirs. 75 years after, we finally get to see closeup and in dramatic detail who was responsible for rescuing and insisting upon the great invasion of france in june of 1944. As the trial turns to personal tragedy we watched with heartbreaking compassion the course of the disease and how they attempted to prepare the United Nations for an american backed postcold war era. Now we know that even on his deathbed he was the wars great visionary. Douglas brinkley says war and peace is a masterful reevaluation of dday, the demise and the conference and the pulitzer prizewinning coauthor of american war and peace are stunning achievements. Hamilton commands the talent both as a meticulous military historian and a seasoned biographer and the result is an inti
Responsible to insist upon the great invasion of france june 1944. As churning to personal tragedy and how in the months left wet yalta and quebec to prepare the United Nations for the american backed world war. Now we know fdr was the great visionary. Douglas brinkley says masterful reevaluation of dday and helped on hitlers demise. And coauthor of prometheus with the stunning achievement hamilton commands a meticulous historian and a seasoned biographer the result of the most consequential president. Nigel hamilton is the bestselling and awardwinning biographer of jfk montgomery and president bill clinton. And the previous book in the series from the National Book award senior fellow at the mccormick splits his time between boston massachusetts thank you for joining us please welcome nigel. [applause] eyes split my time between the two. [laughter] and the command was actually the first the second was called commander in chief this what im borrowing from a very distinguished writer ma
To see closeup and in dramatic detail who was responsible for rescuing and insisting upon the great invasion of france in june of 1944. As the trial turns to personal tragedy we watched with heartbreaking compassion the course of the disease and how they attempted to prepare the United Nations for an american backed postcold war era. Now we know that even on his deathbed he was the wars great visionary. Douglas brinkley says war and peace is a masterful reevaluation of dday, the demise and the conference and the pulitzer prizewinning coauthor of american war and peace are stunning achievements. Hamilton commands the talent both as a meticulous military historian and a seasoned biographer and the result is an intimate portrait of americas most consequential president. Hes the bestselling and awardwinning biographer of president john f. Kennedy, general Bernard Montgomery among other subjects. The most recent book 1941 to 1942. Hes a senior fellow at the Mccormack Graduate School at the
Here, sharing this content with their viewers. To those watching on the livestream at home, welcome. Moment,like to take a as we start, to recognize some individuals. First, do we have any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in our crowd . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [laughter] [applause] and do we have any members of our board of trustees . Thank you all for your service. The museum, we at have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii. ,he biggest of which was june 6 dday, the invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month on july the 20th, was the assassination attempt on bunker. N the lagoon landings in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, was liberated after four years of German Occupation. On the Eastern Front, following the massive soviet summer offensive, the r
I want to tell you i am always honored to support this program. My first year, 20 years ago, family endowed the program in honor of my father who passed away. He was an american g. I. In europe. Our first guest is halina yasharoff peabody. A few announcements, this season is made possible by the Lewis Franklin smith foundation. Also, the fisher foundation. We are grateful for their sponsorship. Firstperson is a series of twiceweekly conversations with Holocaust Survivors who volunteer at our museum and share their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. If time allows, you have an opportunity to ask a few questions. If we do not get to your question, you can always tag the museum on twitter, facebook and instagram using at holocaust museum. I hope you people understand that because i do not. [laughter] a recording will be made available on our youtube page. We have prepared a brief slide presentation. We begin with this photo of her being held by her father, isaac.