Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. [explosions] their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all of north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. [explosions] only one of the worlds major powers was still not at war the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941, and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. As if she was the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in new york, Early Morning in hawaii, and another great harbor where american ships rested dockside. Planes with cold engines stood idle at nearby hickam field when suddenly, without warning [explosions] [airplanes roaring] [explosions] [somber music] [rousing music] the immediate Japanese Military objective was to knock out United States naval and air pow
This was the europe of 1941. The nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. Their objective, to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. Only one of the worlds major powers was still not at war. The United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941, and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. As if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in new york, Early Morning in hawaii. And another great harbor where American Warships were at dockside or anchored. Planes with cold engines stood idle at nearby hickam field, when suddenly, without warning [ sound of explosions ] [ sounds of plane engines an
Vulnerable to surprise attacks. April 18, 1942, 16 b25 bombers led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle prepared to take off from the Aircraft Carrier hornet. Their target tokyo and 4 other major japanese cities, with carefully selected military targets. It was only nine days after the fall of bataan. [plane engines] never before had such a thing been attempted. The psychological effects of the raid on tokyo were even greater than the material damage inflicted. It raised the morale of all americans and shocked the enemy into realization that we had the will and wherewithal to carry the war to the heart of his own homeland. Three weeks later, United States navy planes from the Carrier Task Force dealt the japanese fleet a damaging blow in the coral sea, the first naval battle in history to be fought entirely with carrierbased aircraft. [explosions] while the navy was starting to make a comeback, general wainwright surrendered corregidor. A proud old soldier who had fought in world or o
Professor free cites numerous examples of Elizabeth Cady stanton using racist rhetoric in her newspaper writings of the period, arguing that she used racism in an effort to attract allies in a fight to gain Voting Rights for white women only. The Womens Rights National Historical Park in seneca falls, new york is the host of this event. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is andrea. Superintendents of Womens Rights National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman National Historical park over in auburn. On behalf of the National Parks service it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here to your part. Before we start, i want to ask that everybody please silence of their cell phones so that our camera crew does not get disrupted. It is my delight to introduce you to our speaker dr. Laura free. Professor associate of history at hobart and William Smith colleges. Her work focuses on the interconnections of gender, race and politics in 19thcentury united states. Her most recent book, and the books
Her most recent book, and the books in which a program is based. Please join me in welcoming dr. Laura free. [applause] prof. Free good afternoon, thank you. I am really honored to be here. It is always a great thrill for a historian of suffrage to speak at seneca falls. I would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the hope nations people and pay my respect to the elders, past and present. I would like to thank you for inviting me and setting up my visit. Thank you. I would like to recognize and thank the many park rangers who do the work of on the spot history and shared the special place with so many visitors. Finally i would like to thank , the park staff who maintain and clean the facilities and whose work goes unacknowledged. I am guessing that if you are here today you know who this is. This is Elizabeth Cady stanton. You see her with her longterm partner in activists work, susan b. Anthony. You probably already know a bit about her. You are probably aware