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Transcripts For CSPAN3 George Marshall Dwight Eisenhower 20240713

This happens to be kind of a happy confluence of Kansas City Public Library programming. Its the latest in our series with the u. S. Army command and general Staff College in Fort Leavenworth on marking 75 years since world war ii, but it also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership, and its from january through may with the eisenhower president ial library and foundation in abilene, and its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit. We have a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower in may. The next one of those is in fact is next wednesday. Tonight, we focus on eisenhower and George Marshall. The chief the army chief of staff wh ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Italian Campaign Liberation Of Rome 1943-1944 20240713

Orleans, a look at the Italian Campaign in 1943 and 1944. Seniorino, the historian, talks about the german army in italy, and author and historian Rick Atkinson discusses the campaign from the allied perspective. Now you hear me. I hear me, too. Good morning. Lengle, senior director for programming. Welcome to our humble abode. We had to clear out some junk to make room for you, so it sits on best so sit on any so sit on any old upturned law you can find. You dont see this kind of passion to get in at 8 00 in the morning at an academic conference. We like to keep things at a very high level. We certainly witnessed that yesterday with our preconference symposium on dwight d. Eisenhower. The quality of the presentations ,nd the questions were superb caps off by a fantastic lecture 1944. L hitchcock on june i encourage you throughout today and tomorrow, it is really you who mak ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 World War II In Sicily And Italy 20140803

Next, Rick Atkinson discusses the significance of the invasion of sicily and the Italian Campaign on the eventual liberation of europe in world war ii. This one hour and 40 minute event is part of the New York Historical society distinguished speakers lecture series. Thank you so much for inviting me to be with you and for joining me on this gorgeous new york morning. This is the third presentation i have given in this fantastic auditorium in just over a year and all i can say is you folks are gluttons for punishment. We will talk about the Second World War this morning. I was just in normandy for the 70th anniversary of dday in that campaign certainly has taken center stage this spring just as it has in our
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Winston Churchill - Life Legacy Part 3 20221103

When churchill became Prime Minister in may 1940, uh, he was informed by the chiefs of staff. That any kind of victory that they could hook to gain would only come about through support from the United States. And this became one of churchills primary war aims and that was that was to woo america in general and its president Franklin Roosevelt in particular. After you are really couldnt do much to help the british even though he wanted to until after he won a third term in november 1940 that was because the United States had a large isolationist movement that believed that this country could stay out of the war anymore with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Winston Churchill - Life Legacy Part 3 20221102

For a time being anyway, hitlers forces could not take the suez canal, could not take the war fields. Even so, the war was far from over. Churchill is no closer to coming into grips with itself with the forces in europe. I believe its 1 30, and i think im supposed to stop. Excellent, thank you so much. Now more from George Mason University at the life and legacy of western churchill. This lecture is part of the Smithsonian Associates seminar series. When churchill became Prime Minister in 1940, he was informed by the chief of staff that any kind of victory. That would only come about through support can United States to win the general in Franklin Roosevelt he did not help the british until ....

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