With the coming of spring, 1944, the winter stalemate in italy was broken. Our forces resumed fighting their way up the west coast of the italian boot towards rome. Against bitter german opposition. The british advanced up the east coast, in face of equally bitter opposition. In the pacific, troops of the first cavalry division, land on the islands in the admiralty group. To wipe out all japanese resistance, and to take hold of the entire group of violence. We landed in large forces at homeland here, on the north coast of new guinea. General stillwell and his troops, were fighting the japanese in burma. This was global warfare, on a scale never known before. Less than three years before, hitler had addressed the nation. Germany will face war on the United States to a positive conclusion. A japanese militarist, joins the chorus. Americans have radios, automobiles, big beefsteaks, when a people have those things, they dont want to fight. Americans wont sleep in hammocks, or lie in trench
At 10 00 a. M. The vast army parade starts. Russia hails the dawn of victory. Japanese military observers see the mighty display of Russian Armed power. Russian rocket launchers on american lend lease trucks. The soviet Union Celebrates a holiday and salute the great victories in europe. Into a police court in oslo, norway, this man pleads for his life. One of the wars most notorious traitors faces retribution for his crimes. As the judge enters, at first preliminary trial for a major war criminal begins. The man who made his name synonymous with traitor to norway hears the case against him. Once arrogant and rude he shows signs of fear in a world free from nazism. There is no place for him. From Alliance Headquarters on in germany orders go out for , the arrest of the last top nazis. German sailors, marines and who guarded these secrets are made captive. The high commanders of this curious organization which had served as a surrendering authority for defeated germany are put under arr
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Just a bit of housekeeping. Please silence all of your cell phones. We do not want them to ring while david king is talking. Also, cspan is filming us. So at the questionandanswer portion, if you would go to the mike on this side so you can be heard. Before thevent, signing, if you would please take your chairs and lean them against something solid, to help us make the store orderly looking again. Ok. At the time where there is a growing sense of unease among sensible people because of the rise of fascism, this net it is now important for us to look toward the past and analyze the conditions that made fascism possible. Naturally, we turn to our historians to guide us through the murky realm of the past. King,ch historian, david is here with us today, a scholar who earned his masters degree , and a professor who once taught european history at the university of kentucky. A New York Times bestselling writer, he has written several acclaimed books of history. He is here with us today to r
Regiments have arrived in harrisburg. The eighth and 71st new York State National guard, put them on cvrr trains, and they head south to shippensburg. With chambersburg cut off, shippensburg is the new Central Organization point for the Pennsylvania State militia. You obviously cant get to chambersburg because it is south of the bridge at scotland which is no longer in existence. So they have to walk from shippensburg down to scotland, and they are going to guard bridge crews that are definitely trying to put cvrrs bridge back into place so that the army can use this if they need to. Jenkins hears about the militia roaring down the tracks heading towards his position. Jenkins withdraws into west virginia. Actually into maryland, sorry. Well, jenkins moves back into pennsylvania on june 22. Fronting the division. The new your curse, no hearing infantry is coming with artillery, abandon ship and head back to harrisburg, now leaving the Cumberland Valley totally unprotected other than a f