Operations across much of gaza. There are already reports of breaches. The truce comes a day after an israeli strike on a u. N. R refuge killed ten sparking condemnatio condemnation. Hello and welcome. It is 100 years to the day since a small conflict in the baltic became a global war to last four years. Germany invaded belgium and britain to mark the first world war. It left almost 17 Million People dead. One of the main ceremonies at the memorial in belgium has just drawn to a close. Germanys president and chief of cambridge were amongst those that spoke. King felipe spoke about this day. He said its important to remember the losses of world war i and also the games. Translator the banner of suffering. We may be commemorating that suffering today, but we are also remembering the distance that has been covered since then. This commemoration is vital importance the for building the future more effectively. Translator ladies and gentlemen, those were bitter and very horrible lessons tha
For example in wales who was edgar snows wife. There were a lot of them and some of them stayed on. A polish jewish refugee who went to china early in the war to escape the nazis became a member of the Chinese Communist party stayed in china until his death a thing. He was still there. I met him 1980 or 1981 at the American Embassy of all places. Thank you. [applause] their books for sale and you can bring them back here for him to sign. [inaudible conversations] booktv recently visited wheeling West Virginia with the help of the local cable partner comcast. We start a trip with Jeff Rutherford. His book, combating genocide on the eastern front, examines combat and occupation policies of the german army during world war ii. We are with Jeff Rutherford author of combating genocide on the eastern front. Why did you write this book collects. Ive always been interested in the Second World War and the war was between nazi germany and the soviet union so i looked for my dissertation and i wa
Opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. Our next speaker is ohholger herwig. He lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. Dr. Herwig is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. Dr. Herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the First World War germany and austria hungary, 19141918 that won the norm lynn e. Tomlinson prize for best book. Another important book is the marne 1914. Dr. Herwig will speak to us did about battle of the mar
Of i mean you could imagine a different outcome. But thats not the way it was. Hello. Ive recently completed, or read, history of world war i by john keegan. And he expressed a view i had not heard before. What he said was before austria issued its ultimatum which was very weak and crumbling even then, sent its ultimatum to serbia, he first contacted the kaiser as to whether the kaiser would support him if he invaded serbia. And the kaiser answered yes. And his view was that was the real spark that brought about world war i and, in essence, caused the allies later to blame germany for the beginnings of the war. I wonder if you have a view on that. Well, i knew john keegan actually just not because we shared a subject. And we talked about this and i think that was a very valuable way of looking at it, to tell you the truth. The only thing i would add to it is what i have been talking about today, which is if willie had been different, if the kaiser had been different, he might not have
Victory. He explained the tenacity with the opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is professor perwig who was born in germany and earned his ph. D. In the United States and lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor of history at the university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. The doctor is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the foundation and he held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the Naval War College newport, rhode island. The doctor has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the first world war, germany and austria hungary 1914 to 1918 that won the Norman B Tomlinson junior price for best book by the western front associ