My name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. And this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and british to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is that people ask me why do i do this impression. And i think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine, dated may of 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being the significance of that is that of course one month later we had dday. And the point the relationship
Hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the 75th anniversary of dday. Next, on american artifacts we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. And this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and british to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is that people ask me why do i do this impression. And i think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example,
American history tv this week and every weekend on cspan three. Are we heritage days is an annual event held in may at the American Heritage event in carlile, pennsylvania. Hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk about the public. About military subjects, ranging from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the 75th anniversary of dday. Next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii, soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall, i basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions, this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british to helping them when world war ii we have to give them equal credits to our allies, some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is, people asked me why do i do this impression. And i think its because, the reason is that we need to
Craig my name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is people ask me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance of that is that, of course, one month later, we had dday. And the point the relationshi
Next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is and people asked me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that w ar. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance o