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By warren lieb, jacks son. The one place that intrigued me was my first trip to london, and the house of plamt parliament and big ben. Now, these pictures, you must remember, are more than a quarter of a century old. The thing that amused and entertains our boys stationed all over england was westminster abbey, and there were quite a few americans who came there to see the sights and see westminster abbey, and these are the scenes that i wanted to photograph on one sunday afternoon. Another area that intrigued me was marble arch. The marble average on one sunday afternoon was full of people. Y...

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 visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode...

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 that brought about world war i and, in essence, caused the allies later to blame germany for the begi...

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 recipient from the foundation and he held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiti...

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 and the different command styles of the opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our nex...