poland, september 1939. germany begins its ruthless march of conquest and sets the stage for world war ii. britain and germany are now at war. the king addresses an apprehensive nation. there may be dark days ahead. but with god s help, we shall prevail. shortly after the outbreak of the second world war, winston churchill becomes george s prime minister. the relationship is quite frosty in the beginning. churchill turns up to his weekly audience with the king late. he dominates the conversation. and george finds it disrespectful. as the war progressed, they held over 200 meetings just between
brother and his cossacks. alina peretti, now in her brother and his cossacks. alina peretti, now in her 90s, - brother and his cossacks. alina peretti, now in her 90s, has. peretti, now in her 90s, has had the most remarkable life. but like many of her generation she was real reluctant to talk about her past. 50 she was real reluctant to talk about her past.- she was real reluctant to talk about her past. so that is uuite a talk about her past. so that is quite a rare talk about her past. so that is quite a rare photo, talk about her past. so that is quite a rare photo, isn t- talk about her past. so that is quite a rare photo, isn t it, i quite a rare photo, isn t it, you and mum and.- quite a rare photo, isn t it, you and mum and. her son, jack, you and mum and. her son, jack. is you and mum and. her son, jack. is an you and mum and. her son, jack, is an investigative - jack, is an investigative reporter. tt jack, is an investigative reporter- jack, is an investigati
been to meet them. this is a great one, this one. yeah. that s my mother, brother. and he s cossacks. alina peretti, now in her 90s, has had the most remarkable life. but like many of her generation she was reluctant to talk about her past. that s quite a rare photo, isn t it, of your mum and your.? brother. yeah. alina s sonjack is an investigative reporter. it was sort of the biggest story i d ever come across, and yet it was lying right in front of me and i d never bothered to investigate it. and then, my mum was diagnosed with dementia. and so we started we started. ijust got my phone out, pressed record and started talking to my mum, and it alljust came flooding out. september 1939, and germany invaded poland, the start of the second world war.
that s quite a rare photo, isn t it, of your mum and your.? father. yeah. alina s sonjacques is an investigative reporter. it was sort of the biggest story i d ever come across, and yet it was lying right in front of me and i d never bothered to investigate it. and then, my mum was diagnosed with dementia. and so we started we started. ijust got my phone out, pressed record and started talking to my mum, and it alljust came flooding out. september 1939, and germany invades poland, the start of the second world war. in the chaos that followed, families became separated, flung to all corners of europe and beyond. this is alina with her parents. her dad michael, part of the polish resistance, ended up in london. alina, with her mother olga, was deported to a labour camp in siberia. i didn t feel.
exnumber of years, but that s already kind of a reality, that putin understands. ukraine is far from meeting the qualifications that would allow it to be admitted to nato. and you know, his grievances are purportedly so much larger than that. one possibility is that he s playing for some kind of leverage in these ongoing peace talks within ukraine that are trying to resolve the separatist war that has been underway there since 2014. and that he wants better terms or more engagement by europe and can the europeans to gain more of an advantage in the conflict that s already underway there. that would be a hopeful interpretation, but that s really all that he wants. but i have to say, this is kind of this is a lot of sound and fury just to achieve that. and it s so fascinating to look at history and what was going on. for example, 31st of august, 1939, versus the first of september, 1939. on the 31st, there was still the possibility of negotiating with hitler to see if he wouldn t inv