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 the british to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Now, some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves but the point is, 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, okay . 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, f
My name is al kose, and im one of the volunteers here. Were going to talk about the american m4 medium tank. Probably one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4a3 tank. This is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapons station here, it also has the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is. And it also has two m19 1930 caliber machine guns. One is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank. And this one is manned by the battle gunner. If you look at the battle gun, he can move it up and down. He can show you the way the ball turret works. That machine gun is protruding through this ball mount here and beyond that has the workings of the gun. He has his ammunition back there in a catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hatch right over his right shoulder there, theres a perisc
History of globalization. She is a coeditor of one of the most important journals in the field, dip diplomatic history. Her publications include gis and germans, culture, gender and foreign relations, 19451949. And now, the politics of peace a global cold war history. She had it published by oxford this year. It is based on this book that she will be speaking to us today. She has also coedited two books, the human rights revolution, oxford 2012. And the oxford handbook of the cold war, published in 2013. Today, she will be speaking with us on if you want peace, or william detours on the politics of peace in the early cold war. Thank you to everyone who makes this possible for inviting me. It is a great honor to be here. I was embarrassed to admit that i had never been here and im going to try to make an effort because i realized philadelphias not that far from washington at least by train. I can do this in one day back and forth. So, writing a book as i am sure some of you in this audi
Seminar we try to provide. I am christian ostermann. I direct the policy center here at the Wilson Center and i have the honor of cochairing this with my colleague eric arnesen, from washington university. This is a joint initiative between the National History center and the history and Public Policy program here. We are in our ninth year. I hope to see many of you again for future sessions. Let me thank the Lepage Center for public interest, as well as the George Washington history department. We also want to thank a number of anonymous donors who make these meetings possible and we welcome contributions from all of you in our audience. Details are in the back of the flyer. A couple people who do the heavy lifting behind the scenes. Rachel wheatley, the assistant director of the National History Center Rachel are you here today . Where are you . Thank you. As well as our talented interns, who you will meet during the q a. They will help with microphones. We finally want to acknowledg
An amazing crowd. We had to turn away a good 50 people or more. There is a briefing on u. S. And it is part of a National History center bringing historical perspectives to Current Issues that have confronted congress. It is a political position. It is nonpartisan. It is intended to inform policymakers in public about the sorts of finishes theyre dealing with. I want to give a few thanks to the melon foundation. I also want to thank our assistance jeffrey who is outside of this room for helping make the arrangements. I want to thank the off the of gerry connolly. I want to explain why there was index cards on your seats. We will get questions, answer questions, but we would like you to write those questions on the index cards. So keep them ready and jot down questions when they come to mind. Everyone out there that supports the National Historic center and thank you for coming to the event. We have to get you information about professional organizations like schaffer. Panel rooms are f