Orleans, a look at the Italian Campaign in 1943 and 1944. Seniorino, the historian, talks about the german army in italy, and author and historian Rick Atkinson discusses the campaign from the allied perspective. Now you hear me. I hear me, too. Good morning. Lengle, senior director for programming. Welcome to our humble abode. We had to clear out some junk to make room for you, so it sits on best so sit on any so sit on any old upturned law you can find. You dont see this kind of passion to get in at 8 00 in the morning at an academic conference. We like to keep things at a very high level. We certainly witnessed that yesterday with our preconference symposium on dwight d. Eisenhower. The quality of the presentations ,nd the questions were superb caps off by a fantastic lecture 1944. L hitchcock on june i encourage you throughout today and tomorrow, it is really you who make this conference happen and make it as exciting as it is. Please keep the Great Questions coming. It will make e
And we are thrilled to have one of our local authors here tonight. Bill yenne is the author of more than three dozen nonfiction books as well as novels. He has written numerous books on military history and recently released a book called, hit the target, which we have over here. That book is related to the eighth air force. Tonight, we are honored to have bill to discuss his latest book with us, operation long jump. Bill yenne. [applause] bill thanks to paula, who is not here, and john, who is. Thanks to all of you for coming out. Sitting down and listening to my story. Conspiracy stories are almost as fun to write about as they are to read. That is not true. They are more fun to write about. [laughter] bill an assassination conspiracy story, seem to have a special residence and people get excited and interested in that stuff. I am here to talk about what i am maintaining is the largest assassination conspiracy in history. Churchill, roosevelt, stalin, in one room, with three bullets,
Booksusan cole from folio and we are thrilled to have one of our local authors here tonight. Bill yenne is the author of more than a dozen nonfiction books as well as novels. He has written numerous books on military history and recently released a book called, hit the target, which we have over here. Related to the eighth air force. Tonight, we are honored to have bill to discuss his latest book with us, operation long jump. Bill yenne. [applause] thanks to paula, who is not here, and john, who is. Thanks to all of you for coming out. Sitting down and listening to my story. Stories are almost as fun to write about as they are to read. That is not true. They are more fun to write about. [laughter] bill an assassination anspiracy story, seem to have special residence and people get excited and interested in that stuff. I am here to talk about what i am maintaining is the largest assassination conspiracy in history. Churchill, roosevelt, stalin, in ,ne room, with three bullets and the co
National Health Service in the 19705, 80s and 905. Many have since died, others unknowingly passed infections on to their partners, who then died. Victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. Chloe hayward explains. It is known as the biggest Treatment Disaster in nhs history, and so far we know 3000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected Blood Products given by the nhs. 0verall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories the people with rare genetic Blood Clotting Disorders such as The Haemophiliacs and people who needed Blood Transfusions after surgery, for example. Lets start with this first group, The Haemophiliacs. People with Blood Clotting Disorders need a special protein called factor viii or factor ix injected which helps their blood clot. But by the 19705, the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these Blood Products, and so they started to import from america. But because america pays fo
Joseph stalin, roosevelt and churchill in 1943. [inaudible conversations] well, good evening and thank you so much for coming. Im susan and we are thrilled to have one of our local authors here tonight. Bill yenne is the author of nonfiction books and novels. He has written numerous books on military history and has recently released a book called hit the target which we have over here and that book is relateed to the eighth air force but tonight we are honored to have bill here to discuss his latest book with us operation long jump, bill yenne. Thank you. [applause] well, thanks, thanks to paula who isnt here and john who is for inviting me tonight and thanks to all of you for coming out and and sitting down and listening to my story. Well, you know conspiracy stories are almost as fun to write about as they are to read. Well, its not true, theyre more money to write about. [laughter] but an assassination conspiracy stories seem to have a sort of a special resonance and people get exc