Failed to head off a war they find of stumbled in to, and their people assured each other it would be over quickly. Home by christmas, they said. What followed was bloodletting on a scale that stunned societies. At the the battle of the sum, on one day of that battle British Forces lost an estimated 27,000 men dead. In eight and a half years in iraq some 40 americans were killed. A war ended with aerial bombardment that ended civilizations, ending the war as monarchs dead. Meeting at the site of one of europes most intense battles french president Francois Hollande looked at how much the continent changed after world war i. It is up to us to recall the ordeal, the ordeal they faced to better understand barbarism and avoid it coming. Okay. In a gesture moving forward, the two leaders of formerly enemy nations ended the ceremony with a time capsule that holds a letter of peace for future generations. France and germany s history proofs that determination can overcome fatality, and two pe
In ways big and small. World war i began 100 years ago this summer, and we live in the world it made. Its the inside story. Hello, im ray suarez, 100 years ago the leaders of europe failed to head off a war they find of stumbled in to, and their people assured each other it would be over quickly. Home by christmas, they said. What followed was bloodletting on a scale that stunned societies. At the the battle of the sum, on one day of that battle British Forces lost an estimated 27,000 men dead. In eight and a half years in iraq some 40 americans were killed. A war ended with aerial bombardment that ended civilizations, ending the war as monarchs dead. Meeting at the site of one of europes most intense battles french president Francois Hollande looked at how much the continent changed after world war i. It is up to us to recall the ordeal, the ordeal they faced to better understand barbarism and avoid it coming. Okay. In a gesture moving forward, the two leaders of formerly enemy nation
Years ago the leaders of europe failed to head off a war they find of stumbled in to, and their people assured each other it would be over quickly. Home by christmas, they said. What followed was bloodletting on a scale that stunned societies. At th the battle of the sum, on one day of that battle British Forces lost an estimated 27,000 men dead. In eight and a half years in iraq some 40 americans were killed. A war ended with aerial bombardment that ended civilizations, ending the war as monarchs dead. Meeting at the site of one of europes most intense battles french president Francois Hollande looked at how much the continent changed after world war i. It is up to us to recall the ordeal, the ordeal they faced to better understand barbarism and avoid it coming. Okay. In a gesture moving forward, the two leaders of formerly enemy nations ended the ceremony with a time capsule that holds a letter of peace for future generations. France and germanys history proofs that determination can
It would be over quickly. Home by christmas, they said. What followed was bloodletting on a scale that stunned societies. At the the battle of the sum, on one day of that battle British Forces lost an estimated 27,000 men dead. In eight and a half years in iraq some 40 americans were killed. A war ended with aerial bombardment that ended civilizations, ending the war as monarchs dead. Meeting at the site of one of europes most intense battles french president Francois Hollande looked at how much the continent changed after world war i. It is up to us to recall the ordeal, the ordeal they faced to better understand barbarism and avoid it coming. Okay. In a gesture moving forward, the two leaders of formerly enemy nations ended the ceremony with a time capsule that holds a letter of peace for future generations. France and germany s history proofs that determination can overcome fatality, and two people who were viewed as hereditary enemies can within a few years reconcile. [ explosions
The rise of the global power during world war i. Describing japan as one of the few countries pulled into the r lict as an because of a kcolonyial relationship. This is about 50 minutes. Okay. Well shift our focus here a little bit to east asia. Professor Frederick Dickinson teaches japanese history at the university of pennsylvania. He has m. A. Degrees from Kyoto University in japan where hes lived for quite a while. Also Yale University where he has a ph. D. In history. Hes been a visiting professor at institutions in japan, in belgium, also at waswart more, d japan, the great war, 1914 to 1939. Im sorry, 1919. And another one world war i in the triumph of a new japan 1919 to 1930. You can speak as you can see here. The great war on the great war as world war, japanese belligerence and the dawn of an asiapacific world. Welcome to professor dickinson. [ applause ] thanks very much. And thanks to all of you for sticking around for the final bash here. Im honored and delighted to be th