Two historians talk about world war ii in a program titled supremacy of the skies. Donald miller discusses the Strategic Bombing of germany, followed by conrad crane who focuses on air power during the dday invasion of normandy. This is part of the world war ii annual conference. Our final panel, for what has been a great day and is only going to get better, is supremacy in the skies, allied air domination in europe. Panel, i have to say i feel a certain sigh of relief i am no longer the only world war i guy here, but a gentleman for whom i have tremendous respect, personally and for his scholarship, dr. John mauro. Has really become a pillar in the faculty at the university of georgia, and in the field of military history more widely although of course he and i share a great interest in the First World War and have both done work in that era. Not limited to world war i as you can see today but world war ii and to other conflicts in American Military history. Month, ther this Pritzker
American public for one reason. Vietnam. Johnson is the president identified with the vietnam war, although there is a famous quote from october 13, 1967 where he said to a journalist, this is not Lyndon Johnsons war. This is americas war. If i drop dead tomorrow, this war still be here. He was right. But the way it was fought has been ascribed to Lyndon Johnson. It is considered his tragedy, failure, the trail, depending on your position of the spectrum. There are two books both entitled Lyndon Johnsons war, and both advancing compelling if contradictory analyses of the reasons behind the series of decisions made between 1964 and 1868 that led to justification for escalating the war, the gulf incident of 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to defend the base in 1965, the stepped up escalation of forces in the country over the next two years until the total was greater than half a million men, the changeover from based security to enclave security, to finally what was called
And previous ep soats website our website, and click on the index tab at the 0 top of the page. [inaudible conversations] no one is here to talk to me or hear me. [laughter] thank you for coming out this evening to hear our favorite historian stephen ha hardy. And hes a longterm journalist and the history magazine. Hes a captivating speaker, at least i always feel that way after id heard him talk and he shares fascinating stories full of intrigue and courage that many of us have never heard about. Well hear about his new book, escape from paris, which is based on official american, german, french documents and as well as interviews. Its a story of droup aviators, taken to nazi occupied paris and please join me in welcoming him. No pressure there. I would like to personally thank you all for coming. I really appreciate it when people show up and i hope not to bore you. I want to give you a quick background on myself because people wonder how you wind up writing history. I was born in ca
Encouraging stories that none of us have heard about. His hymnbook, escape from paris, the true story of love and resistance which is based on official american documents history and interviews with several others. Its a thrilling adventure story of american aviators. [applause] i like to thank you all for coming. I appreciate when people show up and i hope not to bore you. I want to give you a quick background on myself, people tend to wonder how you find military history. I was born and raised in socal a long time ago. My father and my uncles fought world war ii in the pacific. Grew up hearing their stories fighting the japanese and the ocean and everything. When i was 19, i enlisted in the u. S. Army in 1971. It was the best decision i ever made because six months later, i got run over by a personal carrier as a result, i am a disabled veteran. They are very heavy. They dont give much. I spent just over a year in hospitals in germany and the u. S. And this was way before the interne
Are you wearing purple by chance. Reporter pancreatic cancer. Reporter thank you karen. Thank you for coming out for purple stride. We did a lot of work there. We have clouds and a line of showers coming through in the last couple of hours looks like its mainly pushing to the east of philadelphia. Ill give you a closer look of those on Storm Tracker 6 live in just a couple of minutes. 49 degrees is the current temperature, roads are wet where it is shifting to the east. 48 degrees in allentown. 46 in reading. 46 in trenton. 47 this wilmington. 50 degrees in millville. 54 in cape may. As we roll through the day, its going to be milder, 47 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 54. Were expecting a high of 58 by 3 00 p. M. Were looking at a mix of clouds and sun, and popup shower in the afternoon hours. Eventually, sun comes out, 55 degrees. It will be cooler in the evening hours, the rain will be a minor player once we get past the Morning Hours and temperatures come up. It will be windy. 42 in th