And the exhibits of what would have happened on the ground didnt matter the closing months of world war tii. To do this we asked our own rob citino. She among the seniors, i will beat him to the punch line and say he has the longest on staff. He is a Award Winning historiah. He taught for three decades including stints at west point, the u. S. Military economy, and the war college. He came in 2013 for the International Conference. He is one of our featured tour historians. He came to our 2015 tour, but he did not come to our 2015 International Conference because we did not invite him that year. We invited him to join the staff as the Museum Senior historian and we could not be luckier to have a topnotch scholar to guide us, so ladies and gentlemen, our friend george citino. What was up in 2015 . What did i do you sit at home and there is a big party in new orleans and youre wondering what happened. Thank you for those comments, ger my. I remember the first time i spoke at the conferenc
Much if we didnt have armies in the field. So our next session will look at how yalta affected the execution of the closing months of world war ii. To do this, weve asked our very own rob citino. Dr. Citino is from the institute of war and democracy, swlt the Museum Senior historian at the National World War Ii Museum, and ill beat him to the punch scompline say hes got the longest title on staff. Hes an awardwinning military historian. Hes published 10 books, primarily on the german army. Hes taught for three decades, including stints at west point, u. S. Military academy, and the u. S. Army war college. He first came to the museum in 2012 for our International Conference. Then he came in 2013 for our International Conference. Then he was one of our featured tour historians at the 70th anniversary of dday cruise. Then he came to our 2014 International Conference. But as he always reminds me, did not come to our 2015 International Conference because we didnt invite him that year. Bette
I hope everybody enjoyed their lunch. Morning doing highlevel analysis of the political and strategic situation that existed amongst the allied leaders. Fought on, wars are battlefield, not in boardrooms. These summits, though they dictated much of what would happen on the ground, they would not have mattered much if we did not have armies in the field. Our next session will look at affected the execution of the closing months of world war two. Robo this we have asked executive director democracy as of well as at the world War Ii Museum. He is an awardwinning led terri historian. Military historian. He has published 10 books, primarily on the german army. He has taught for three decades including stints at west point, the u. S. Military academy, and the u. S. Army war college. Infirst came to the museum 2012 for our international conference. Then he came in 2013 for our international conference. Then he was one of our featured tour historians at the 70th anniversary of dday crews. Then
You this faint hope that you just articulated though its may lead to something beyond talks well 1st of all i mean you referred to the situation in. The world of the war is certainly warranted and i think people are tired in syria and beyond and i think this is. A mechanism that allows the syrians to get together and do something about now. Positions have changed and i told you i mean we could have had an agreement a year ago and why its happening now because positions have changed has the positions how the positions changed within syria or is it the stance of foreign partners or foreign sponsors if theyre inside that have said well. As you know the syrian. Conflict has 3 levels was the international theres a regional and of course there is a domestic local. Positions have changed both of the regional. In the sense that at some point there were countries did not. See. Much meaning towards a Constitutional Committee i think that has changed i think they have come around to and that has
Prolong or to shorten the syrian conflict as you pointed out when there was basically talking about europe and were talking your waiter or he was advising them merican president as well but in the middle east its its not just the region its beyond the region and beyond the region there are 2 camps in the region the return camps so that really complicates things enormously so the context has changed in the sense that when it 1st started of course it was an expression of the grievances of the Syrian People became complicated by. I would say Regional International interventions. They were designed to change things in syria its understandable that at the time it was the beginning of the arab spring and everybody thought that this was the tide of history things got more complicated i think people started to wise their positions and understood that the continuation of syrian conflict are a continuation is in no ones interests including the neighbors quite frankly youre a big very diplomatic