Coronavirus and says its working to produce a vaccine for the world and. Not enough to go along with the gulf but this is a start. In washington across the u. S. And in cities around the world demonstrators are denouncing racism meant to be silence after the killing of george floyd. Libyas un recognized government is pressing on with the offensive to reclaim territory from war holy father after with its forces entering the stronghold city of sirte the governments rejected a cease fire plan put forward by hostile and his egyptian allies i want other we had reports from tripoli. Proposing a peace deal in cairo egypts president abdel fatah has sisi with libyas warlord honey for have to. Whos 14 months or fence if to capture the libyan capital collapsing this week announcing it is time for a ceasefire and old foreign fighters to leave come out ahead if it were barbara. The Initiative Aims to guarantee a ferry presentation of libyas 3 provinces and a president ial council elected by the peo
Located in the Central Coast of libya and its very close to the oil ports and ruslan new so so its a very strategically placed. Its its extremely important now this comes after forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar have suffered major defeats and lost several key towns in western libya including the stronghold who know this battle here in central libya is much different than the ones then the battle in tripoli tripoli was very condensed it was urban the fighting was street to street house to house so its very different here the terrain is very wide and open and this makes this makes it very important for the airpower air power is extremely important in the battle here for sirte now yesterday airstrikes were were carried out by forces or carried out by the after selfstyled Libyan National army forces here adamant about control in sirte this will create a better position in power in any future peace talks also like i said it is close to russell knew of the major oil ports in libya s
A gentleman for whom i have tremendous respect in the field of military history more widely. We share a great interest in the First World War and have both done work in that era. His work is not at all limited can see war i as you today, but to world war ii and other conflicts in American Military history. The militarynth museum and library a joint awarded him the Military Museum and Library Literature award for Lifetime Achievement in military writing. I cannot think of anybody who deserves it more. [applause] thanks very much, ed. Are you ready to take to the air . Are you tired of being on the ground . Have you had enough no . You are about to get more but from above. Look above you. T51, but it is in the insignia and colors of the 15th air force, not the eighth. There is a b17 somewhere up there. I told the panel that if i got high enough on what they discussed, i would fly the damn thing. Be ready for a tremendous performance. It could get very physical, not just scholarly. But i
Captioning performed by vitac seeds that bear ill fruit. Because on january 11th, against the advice of his staff, he sends a message to his core commanders and basically says you advised me to retreat. Please publicly say so. Put it in writing. We had a conference about it. You told me about it. Put it in writing and let us stand together against the news coming from the press. But he also says something else. He says if i find that i have lost the good faith and confidence of my generals, i will retire without a murmur. And please talk to your division and brigade commanders as well and get their opinions as well. If you are a ceo and you put yourself in front of your subordinates for a referendum on your fitness for leadership, even if you win, that vote of confidence you can never command the same respect, okay . This is a capital error on the part of brag. The replies are very quickly coming. Polk is on leave. Hes got a couple of lawyers and they take a look at this and say is bra
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