This notion of masters and commanders starting in an antiquity with a pamelandis caesar alexander. Pericles and going into the civil war and then now were at world war ii and before we start with the allied commanders masters i should say churchill and roosevelt. Last week we went over the before in total though. We didnt talk about muslim just Stalin Hitler churchill and roosevelt. I thought we could have a review of what the situation is. At the beginning of world war ii up to the critical change in 1942. Oh july to december primarily because of the radical turnaround in the submarine campaign where the allies get the upper hand. The check of rommel at llmaine and the german disaster at stalingrad okay, lets look at this map for a second. World war ii is its hard to know when it actually starts in europe it starts on september 3rd when the allies declare war on germany after theyve invaded poland along with russia two weeks later but the chinese have been invaded by the japanese sinc
1942. Oh july to december primarily because of the radical turnaround in the submarine campaign where the allies get the upper hand. The check of rommel at llmaine and the german disaster at stalingrad okay, lets look at this map for a second. World war ii is its hard to know when it actually starts in europe it starts on september 3rd when the allies declare war on germany after theyve invaded poland along with russia two weeks later but the chinese have been invaded by the japanese since 1937 and manchuria since 1931. The ethiopians have been invaded. Abyssinians by italy since 1936. So theres a lot of wars going on. Russia has gone in it will go into finland and all of these wars today are going to coalesce into this concept of world war iis everybody understand that. But thats us looking back at that at the time. Nobody said were in world war ii when germany went into poland. There was a finnish war. There was a polish war. There was a norwegian war. There was a abyssinian war. The
Japan and the continued rise of communism in the soviet union and china. Cspan recorded this event in 2013. Ian buruma, the henry r. Youth professor in Barton College was in holland and japan. He earned several awards for his work. The publications he writes for include the new york review of books, the new yorker, the New York Times and the guardian which the guardian published sex and pleasure in japanese art. Among his previous books are taming the gods, murder in amsterdam and the limits of tolerance and inventing japan 1863 to 1964. In year zoero, most of which e wrote in the Commons Center in 2012 to serious envy of his fellows that he was so productive, he produced a brilliant portrayal of the world emerging from the devastation and unspeakable horrors of world war ii in europe and in asia. Skeptical about the idea that we can learn much from history, he nonetheless wanted to know, he writes, what those who lived through the war and its end, including his own father, went throug
Crushed. Of 90,000 meetings over 60,000 demolished. The remains were aptly described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature, one of her inner most secrets and fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications of this extraordinary weapon were frightening to every day people. What did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs, mrs. Glenn . Isnt it terrible . All those people killed. Three days later another bomb dropped on the seaport of nagaski. Highly congested, the best natural harbor and extensive naval facilities. This bomb exploding took the lives of 42,000 persons and injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 of all the buildings standing in nagasaki before the calamity. Japanese described their bleak, mutilated city as a graveyard with not a tombstone standing. These two terrifying blows were struck at japan only after profound consideration of human military factors involved. The atomic bombs were dropped to end the war quickly, and they did end the war quickl
Destructiveness, a weapon bordering on the absolute. In the blast, thousands died instantly. 70,000 persons were killed or listed as missing. 140,000 persons were injured. Of these, 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. D the desolate remains were aptly. Described as paper and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her inner most secrets, and with his newfound knowledge had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implication of this t extraordinary weapon were frightening to everyday people. Well, what did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs, mrs. Glen . Isnt it terrible, all thoseo people vedkilled . Three days later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the major japanese sea port of nagasaki, a highly congested industrialized city boasting the best natural harbor, and extensive naval facilities. 42,0 this bomb exploding over the north factory district took the lives of 42,000 persons an