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Tennessee sesquicentennial. Thank you for attending this session featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. My name is van wes, i am the Tennessee State historian. And a professor at middle Tennessee State university. It was an easy drive over to join this event today. For our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. Im appreciative of that. The way i would like to do this, so we have plenty of time for questions and comments,...

Bell hood was written history and the u. S. Colored troops compared to the sherman marched to the sea. This 90 minute event is part of theseries organized by tennessee sesquicentennial. Thank you for attending featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. , i am the van wes Tennessee State historian. And a professor at middle Tennessee State university. It was an easy drive over to join this event today. For our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and...

Opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. Our next speaker is ohholger herwig. He lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. Dr. Herwig is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visit...

Thank you, bob. I am glad to see so many people escape from the rain inside here. [laughter] i hope that is not the only reason youre here. But it is dry inside. Christmases,time is something that came upon me accidentally. To write expected about the subject or talk about it. I did spend two christmases in korea during the korean war. They were not very exciting christmases. Hardly anybody knew it was until he tended to tokyo army radio and heard recordings like i saw mommy kissing santa claus,...

Of i mean you could imagine a different outcome. But thats not the way it was. Hello. Ive recently completed, or read, history of world war i by john keegan. And he expressed a view i had not heard before. What he said was before austria issued its ultimatum which was very weak and crumbling even then, sent its ultimatum to serbia, he first contacted the kaiser as to whether the kaiser would support him if he invaded serbia. And the kaiser answered yes. And his view was that was the real spark t...

Victory. He explained the tenacity with the opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is professor perwig who was born in germany and earned his ph. D. In the United States and lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor of history at the university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. The doctor is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recip...

Cspan3. Created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. American history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium mark rg the world war i centennial. Holger herwig author of 19 the opening of world war i the battle that changed the world explains how the battle prevented a quick german victory. And he discusses march tenacity in spite of early losses ...

Navigated the first christmas after america entered world war ii and hear about how american soldiers marked christmas from the revolutionary war through the korean war. Ohios Franciscan University hosted this event. It is about an hour. Good evening, all. It is a great pleasure for me to be here this evening and to point out that this is such a fine lecture this evening that Vice President for Academic Affairs showed up. Thats a good thing. Along with other distinguished professors. Stanley wei...

Penn state university. He is the author of pearl harbor christmas. We will hear about how president roosevelt and british Prime Minister Winston Churchill navigated that first christmas after america entered world war ii. And we will also hear about how american soldiers marked christmas from the revolutionary war through the korean war. Ohios Franciscan University hosted this event. It is about one hour. Good evening. It is a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. This is such a fine le...

German leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. He earned his phd in the United States and resides in canada where he holds a position at the university of calgary and is the chair of the institute for research studies. His list of awards and appointments are staggering. Fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of stra...