Behind me you will see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, a lineup of the two sides engaged in this great struggle. When our visitors arrived in we believe they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the street in our museum. With the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major strategic that the United States and our allies must master in order to win world war ii. These five key Strategic Elements include arsenal of democracy, building a greater warm a sheen than our enemies, we have make better equipment and weapons. Control of the sea lane, control of the air. And then the last strategic element, mastery of amphibious landings, which was highly debated going into world war ii as a successful military strategy. All of these things combined into the eventual invasion of europe, and the Normandy Landings in june of 1944, at the high point of the allied effort. Roo
Million whoan 12 served as part of the greatest generation, we would love to hear from you or the stories from your parents or grandparents. Our phone lines will be open. We will also be taking your tweets. One of the many exhibits on display at the museum, this titled the, road to berlin. Part of cspan3s American History tv. Hello. My name is keith huxen, i and senior director of research and history. We are standing in the road to berlin permanent gallery exhibit, which opened in december 2014 after several years of development. Our mission here at the National World War Ii Museum is to tell the American Experience and world war ii, white was fought, how it was one, and what it means today was won, and what it means today. He we are in the first gallery of the road to berlin. And behind me, you will see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, a lineup, if you will, of the two sides who are going to engage in this great struggle. When our visitors a
Saturday at 6 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. To watch more anytime, visit to our website www. Cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend. A panel of historians discuss the different ways dday has been remembered in the United States and abroad. In the u. S. , it has been memorialized. By contrast in germany, theres not a single museum marking the dday invasion. The panel looks at how Different Countries have changed their views. For example in some countries, sympathetic the nazis, dday was seen as in defeatist terms and later the liberation of europe. The museum in new orleans hosted this event. Once again, thank you for joining us ladies and gentlemen. If you are just joining our programming, i am dr. Keith hudson. I now have the distinct pleasure of presiding over a panel of distinguished scholars to discuss the subject of dday and how we commemorate and remember this great decisive event of world war ii down, 70 years on. If you Pay Attention toda
Americanatching history tv all weekend, every weekend. A panel of historians discuss the different ways dday has been remember in the United States and abroad. In the u. S. , it has been memorialized. By contrast in germany, theres not a single museum marking the dday invasion. The panel looks at how Different Countries have changed their views. For example in some countries, simply to the nazis, dday was seen as in defeatist terms and later the liberation of europe. The museum in new orleans hosted this event. , thank you for joining us ladies and gentlemen. If you are just joining our programming, i am dr. Keith hudson. Have the distinct pleasure of presiding over a panel of distinguished scholars to discuss the subject of dday and how we commemorate and remember there is a great decisive event of world war ii down, 70 years on. Oneou Pay Attention today, can still see a current news reports where the results of world war ii still reverberate chinese,rld such as in japanese relations
A professor at Hunter College at City University of new york. Her last book was the young lions one that i have not read but is of interest to me so i need to get on that next howl jewish authors reinvented the american war model. It was shortlisted for major literary awards. Shes here to talk about her latest book the secret x troop jewish comandos of world war ii which has received wide and high praise. The reviews are great. Cnn the daily mail in the uk stars and stripes and i think leah told me they were other publications that would have willing review soon so without further ado lets get into the program and welcome dr. Leah garrett. Thank you for joining us and please tell us a little bit about the book before we get into our conversation. Thank you very much particularly because some of the women i read about in the book have archival. They were interviewed by ambrose for his book as well so speak briefly about the extroops. They were created in 1942 when the war was going poor