The summer of 1905 the war in the pacific was still raging americans were flying Bombing Missions over japan. Children took refuge in caves used as air raid shelters against a clinical interview. On august the 9th he stayed in the bomb shelter longer than usual because wed heard of a new kind of the bomb that had just been dropped on hiroshima to say that. Very few on board the u. S. Bombers were aware of the weapons Destructive Force recruiters folder to reclaim. Because hunter moore would not feeling a modern war would get rid of. The thing contained plutonium rather than the uranium used in the hiroshima bomb developing it cost billions of dollars. Whats interesting about this is they had an atomic bomb. They had the hiroshima bomb but all this effort was put into the plutonium bomb so do you think all of that effort did not contribute to the use of it and nagasaki. Thats an interesting question. On these people were children back and they are the ones who are still alive. My god ev
The civil war and using 50 objects, while the multi layered and political history, takes in the totality context of the war, it does not consider the history, or sequence of battle. Harold what do you think about that . Well it is a fair enough comment of course the objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history so it relates to the soldiers who served the leaders who helped or hindered the union war effort, and along the way here, over these last few weeks weve touched on bells. Those who experience them, and certainly the battle for new york city because early on we dealt with the draft riots, indeed indeed. So we are doing okay i think. That is a fair comment. I agree. I thought we might as well air. It yes. Tonights evening has two objects. The portrait of ulyssesesque grant from 1860, eight and a coined by Benjamin Franklin butler. So first up is the london portrait of grant such 1864 and ulysses as grant arrives in washington to receive his promoti
Vladimir putin has offered to send in security forces. German lawmakers from across the political spectrum as well as president from father steinmeyer have condemned saturdays rushing of the Parliament Building in berlin during a protest against the governments pandemic policies hundreds of far right activists and science than ayers overwhelmed police and occupied the steps of the Police Regain control of the situation before they could get into the building. Police in Portland Oregon have launched a Homicide Investigation after a protester was killed the victim was shot dead as supporters of president clash with matters of protest protestors portland mayor ted wheeler blamed trump himself for stoking the racial unrest. This is due to your news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news or visit our website www dot com. Oh. I stuck in berlin house is germanys parliament the building is steeped in history. In 19451 of the last great battles world war 2 raged here the red ar
Space countrys aggressions 75 years after its surrender at the end of world war 2 top to japans Prime Minister sorry is still too hard to set. And a stunning victory to buy music in the Champions League semifinal against barcelona could the german side go on to win 3 of stock as major trophies this year. Im rebecca riches welcome to the Program Thousands of people have gathered in minsk for another day of protests against the belarussian government the following a Police Crackdown following disputed elections huge crowds have gathered to commemorate the death of a demonstrator earlier this week so far Security Forces appear to be holding back from intervening European Union says it will sanction officials who repress dissent. Embattled president Alexander Lukashenko has today called on russia to support him and his claim to one last weeks elections. Well were now joined by kate schmidt so you know shes an analyst with better as an institute for strategic studies cant thanks very much f
For guy stuck in berlin houses germanys parliament the building is steeped in history. And 9451 of the last great battles the world war 2 raged here the red army did everything in its power to capture the vice talk building on may 1st 945 the last defenders withdrew shortly afterwards on may 8th germany surrendered. That was 75 years ago a long time but even today the city is still full of reminders. And today im going to visit some of these places i would like to learn more about the end of the war here in berlin and also more about the people of that time about the victims and the perpetrators about the victors and the defeated well join me in the search for traces here in the capital. Take a look at the building where the German Family signed the surrender. Visit the epicenter of the security and terror of her actors off the 3rd reich. And go down into berlins underworld the ruins of a bunker in one but kind of hard. To see the inside of the thai stock building you have to register