The Royal United Services Institute Westminster metal. In fact, if you look at all of his books on world war ii, paris after the liberation or the fall of berlin, all of them have garnered awards because of the work he has done. His latest book, 1944, hitlers last gamble was published in may. It went straight to number one in the sunday times bestsellers list and it stayed there for about five weeks. His former chairman of the society of authors, he is received honorary doctorates from the university, he is a visiting professor at the university of kent. Please try me in welcoming him. [applause]. Thank you. After the liberation of paris at the end of august 1944, the allies indulged and to create euphoria as they raced towards the german frontier. Spoken formations were falling back in holland and entered germany be behind the line. Americans, british and canadian generals were convinced that this was just like the german army collapse in the late summer of 1918. Then, in midseptember
We have probably one of the best authorities on world war ii talk to us. Antony beevor was educated in winchester and studied under john kegan. He was in the military but after five years he left the army to begin writing about soldiers and war. He has published four novels, 11 books of nonfiction. His works have appeared in more than 30 Foreign Language and sold more than six and a half million copies. He has been called the bestselling historian of the era. His book on the battle of normandy receiveded the westminster medal. You look at his books on world war ii whatever it is all of them garner awards because of the word he did. His latest book was published in may and went straight to number one in the sunday times bestseller list and stayed there for five weeks. He is former chairman of the society of authors. He received an honorary doctorate. He is a visiting professor at the university of kent. Please join me in welcoming Antony Beevor. Thank you. After the liberation of paris
Guinea says schools are reopening after the ebola outbreak. We report on the thousands of children left orphaned by the virus. And aarons here with all the business. And it could be a rumble in the jungle for amazon. Very good steven. Yes, amazon has effectively been getting state aid from the government to help reduce its tax bill. That is the preliminary verdict by european regulators. So well take a look at what this means, not only for them but potentially hundreds of other big multinationals. Very warm welcome to gmt. Midday here in london. Police have stepped up their efforts to stop the threat of suspected jihadist terrorists. It started in belgium. There were a serious of raids around brussels in the town of verviers. Police in france say at least eight people have been taken into custody in connection with last weeks attacks. And in germany, police have raided 11 locations in and around berlin arresting suspected members of islamist cells. We just stepped out of the room where
Putting people back to work, creating jobs, and a new business such as aviation aircraft seeing the jobs created. This was a time when you made a difference in peoples lives and i wont be able to do it in the same way, so there is a feeling of accomplishment. I worked to the fullest of my ability every day. It is the greatest honor to be conferred on you, to be elected by your peers to serve in the public arena in this greatest democracy on the face of the earth, and to believe that is difficult. But i had intended to in the next two or four years to wind it all down and have another pursuit of my energies and interests, so it is the end of a chapter, not the end of a book. Thank you for talking with us. We appreciate it. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] coming up on cspan, a discussion of the health care law, then regarding i
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