On august 6 and Army Air Force b29 dropped atomic bomb number two on hiroshima, japans seventh largest city. [explosion] a stunned universe swiftly learned that man had a new weapon of shocking destructiveness. A weapon bordering on the absolute. Died instantly. 70,000 persons were killed or listed as missing. 140,000 persons were injured. 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. The remains were described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her innermost secrets. With his knowledge he had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications were frightening to everyday people. What did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs . Terrible. All of those people killed. Relays later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the seaport of nagasaki. A highly congested city boasting the best natural harbor in western kyushu. [explosion] this bomb, exploding over the district, took the lives of 4
The stories behind them, what were some of the men thinking as they participate with this units, and we will end with what they do at gettysburg. With that, we will get started. All right. So, the irish brigade. One might question how do you get interested in this topic . Why would you choose the irish brigade . When i started here as an intern in 1998, the summer of my junior year in college, i was all about history. I wanted to delve more into some of my ancestry and all the stories that i had heard was that we are of irish descent. I was not a great genealogist at that point, but it is still interesting anyway. I had a chance, an opportunity, over the next couple summers as i worked at gettysburg, to really look at this part of the battle. And did a campd fire program on it, somewhat similar to the one you see now, but later on what i was able to do was get married and eventually take a honeymoon to ireland, so what a perfect chance to visit the mother country. We traveled all aroun
Reviewing stands to salute the soviet fighting men. At 10 00 a. M. The gigantic parade starts. Hails the russia donna victory. Victory. Wn of \ Japanese Military observers see the mighty display of Russian Armed power. Russian rocket launchers on american lend lease trucks. The soviet Union Celebrates the holiday and the salutes the great victories in europe. Into a police court in oslo, norway, comes this man to play for his life. One of the wars most notorious traitors faces retribution for his crimes. The judge enters as the 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 ruthless, now he shows signs of fear in a world free from nazism. There is no place for him. From allied headquarters in north germany, orders go out for the arrest of the last top nazis. Sailors, marines and sailors who guarded these secrets are made captive. The high commanders of this curious organization which
Welcome to csis, and thank you for braving todays weather. It is great to see all of the interest in world war i. For those who have not been here before, our project is focused on history that also provides insights into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays vent with the world war i centennial commission, and the csis center, and thank you dan fundy for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in world history, and world war i usually comes out at number one, and americans tend to be fixated on the other wars like the civil war and world war ii, but this is the most important, and we are here today to try to provide some additional awareness, and so 100 years ago to this very day, Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his 14 points speech. Wilson had been a proare fes sor at princeton and president of the institution, and he drew upon the academic colleagues t
Michael neiberg, professor of history and inaugural chair of war studies, before that, Michael Neiberg taught at the air force academy and southern mississippi, he writes widely on both world wars and his recipient of numerous prizes and daughters for his work like the tomlinson, englishlanguage books and world war i, look for his book on the second battle and the choice outstanding economic title award, fighting the great war, global history, he edited a number of important collections like imus and the man, the atlas of world war i and the great war reader. His most recent books include dance of the furies and outbreak of world war i. And the remaking of europe, the blood of free men, the liberation of harris, 1944, the Orange Community will be interested in his book making citizen soldiers, rotc and ideology of American Military service. In his free time that i dont know he has much, Michael Neiberg is a selfdescribed fan of all pittsburgh sports teams and bruce springsteen. The boo