Of people help the end of the war in europe. It is five years and more since hitler march into poland. Here is full of suffering and death and sacrifice. Now, the war against germany is one. A grateful nation gift thanks for victory. Hundreds of thousands crowd into american churches to give thanks to god. President trump announced the official surrender. This is a solemn but glorious hour. I wish that franklin the roosevelt had lived to see this day. General eisenhower informed me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nations, the flags of freedom fly all over europe. For this victory, we join in offering our thanks to the providence, which had guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. Much remains to be done. The victory one in the west must now be one in the east. The whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been free. United, the peace loving nations have demonstrated in the west that their arms are
Mark Rick Atkinson author of the guns at last lights of the war in western europe 1944 to 1945. The Program Starts with an archival newsreel from may of 1945 showing the signing the surrender and the statement from president harry truman. What im this year marks the 75th trying to find a good yeah theory had lived to see this day generalize and how are informed me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the United Nations the flags of freedom fly all over europe for this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which is guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light much remains to be done the victory one in the west must now be one in the east the whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed. United the peaceloving nation have demonstrated in the west that their arms are stronger by far than the might of dictators or the tyranny of military that once called us salt and wheat the power of our people
Coronavirus pandemic with dr. Kristin englund from the Cleveland Clinic and later, author Rick Atkinson joins us to iscuss the 75th anniversary of ve day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] host u. S. Workers continue to lose their jobs and file for Unemployment Benefits at a record rate. And in todays report on the overall jobs number for the month of april could be the worst since the great depression. It is friday, may 8, 2020. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. Well spend this first hour asking you how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Heres how to joins us. For those of you in the east and central time zones, 2027488000. In the mountain pacific time zones, thats 2027488001. You can also send us a text. That line, 2027488003. Include your name, where youre texting from. On twitter, were at twitter.
19441945 spoke about the anniversary. Program beginning in may 1945 showing the surrender in a statement from president harry truman. Throughout the world throngs of people hailed the end of the war in europe. Its five years and more since hitler marched into poland. Years full of suffering and death and sacrifice, now the war against germany is won. A grateful nation gives thanks for victory. Hundreds of thousands crowd into american churches to give thanks to god. President truman announced the official surrender. This is a solemn but glorious hour. I wish that Franklin D Roosevelt had lived to see this bay. General eisenhower informs me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nations. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. In this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. Much remains to be done. The victory won in the west must now be won in the east. The whole w
Of paris. The battle of the bulbs in december that year into january of 1945, and then, to victory day. Take us back to may 7 and eight of 1945. How did the war end in europe . Guest well, the war ended with the germans they sickly decided germans basically decided that there was no profit in dragging it out with the russians in berlin. The russians murdering civilians , killing german shoulders by the hundreds german soldiers by the hundreds of thousands. The germans decided it was time to make peace with the western allies, the americans in particular, both their best bet because they were going to get a better deal from their western allies then the soviets. Had his third headquarters in northeastern france. Delegation sent a about what the conditions would be for conversation. They were told that Unconditional Surrender were the only terms by which the war was in. Chief ofhe operations the German Armed Forces showed headquarters,ers at the former technical college. Reporters and ph