Oh. This is the story of a world shattered by bombs a world where the very sky became a threat where terror descended upon cities and transformed people into hunted price. But. The at. Last. The boy on the night of july twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty three british Bomber Command launched one of its largest raids against hamburg germany second largest city. The pilot recounted how they had left behind an enormous inferno whose glow they could still see three hundred kilometers away. In one night three hundred fifty thousand homes were destroyed the working class neighborhood of hama brooke was totally demolished all told there were forty two thousand six hundred deaths in what was known as operation gomorrah. An eyewitness noted. I saw roofs lift off into the sky bodies caught fire like tinder the asphalt was boiling are so two women trapped in the top they looked like thrice stuck in the burning wax of a. Handle the air in the shelters have become an breathable for lack
Oh. This is the story of a world shattered by bombs a world where the very sky became a threat where terror descended upon cities and transformed people into hunted price. Cut. The at. Last. The air on the night of july twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty three british Bomber Command launched one of its largest raids against hamburg germany second largest city. The pilot recounted how they had left behind an enormous inferno whose glow they could still see three hundred kilometers away. In one night three hundred fifty thousand homes were destroyed the working class neighborhood of hama brooke was totally demolished all told there were forty two thousand six hundred deaths and what was known as operation gomorrah. An eyewitness noted. I saw roofs lift off into the sky bodies caught fire like tinder the asphalt was boiling are so two women trapped in the top they looked like thrice stuck in the burning wax of a. Handle the air in the shelters have become an breathable for lac
Is behind the scenes pictures and videos. booktv is our handle. We kick off the savanna book festival with retired air force Major General Robert Latiff on the future of technology and war. Live coverage on booktv on cspan2. Good morning. My name is nancy leads. Im delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, that she and family, many thanks to jack and mary, the glorious venue, the Trinity United Methodist church. And members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturdays events possible. 90 of revenues come from donors just like you. And and it would be very helpful today. Following this presentation, Robert Latiff will sign festival purchased across the way. And as it empties so ushers can count available seats. Please take a moment to turn off your cell phone. And we ask you to not use flash photography. During the questionandanswer portions. I will call on you and one of the ushers will b
Eisenhower and George Patton and bradley and how they provided leadership on the allied assaults, especially the european assaults on nazi germany in world war ii. When we heard he was writing his second book to figure out of way to get the museum on the books they need to reread the to have you back. His latest book covers the alliance of the american war effort but this time from the perspective of the president fdr and his war cabinet. The men who were responsible for assembly eng securing the forces of victory and this is a particularly interesting topic from fdr as the commander. So this will be an Exciting Program but before i call him up he didnt just come down here to talk this evening he did extra duty to go above and beyond to work with us through the Leadership Academy who came from around the country to put the headband struggle of world war ii and the 20thcentury and with the shipyards and went to a variety of sites through this city and got them into the swamps with john
Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture. You can watch classes here at 8 00 and midnight eastern. Next, Donald Miller talks about what daily life was like for british and american airmen during world war ii and how their experiences differed from infantrymen. Hours. Ass is two prof. Miller im going to show you some slides. T is not a pro forma lecture ,f you have questions observations, let me know. Where we are at the 1943. We have invaded sicily, we have invaded italy. We are beginning to win the title of the atlantic. An enormous russian victory at stalingrad. Hurting, now the war is beginning to reverse itself. We are going to turn back a little bit to the beginning of the american participation and take that through dday. Next up we will do the dday invasion. Ok. There is the basis, east anglia. I have been there a lot. Englandbackward area of , only 60 miles from london but it might as well be six centuries away. As i say, it is shaped like a giant hachette aimed at n