admiral, he is the state secretary of navy for the imperial german navy. this is the father of the high seas and fights with the british grand fleet. this is the guy who says i build ships, i do not care about politics. germany is looking for what it calls its place in the empire after it unifies and starts looking outward and thinking about catching up with great britain as a global empire. has thoseearly political aspirations. for example, here at the western it views south america as india. the german empire that will rival the british empire who is the jewel in the 19th century of course is india. it catches up with established it to dond implements that. this guy designed the navy. he has a short range combatants that can only operate in the north sea. these geopolitical aspirations but at the same time it sees what germany is building and germany is building a navy that is clearly designed to go after britain's navy and fight for maritime supremacy. or places like that. they see this taking place in shipyards in germany. winston churchill says german

this is the admiral, he is the state secretary of navy for the imperial german navy. this is the father of the high seas fleet that fights with the british grand fleet at jutland. this is a guy who says i build ships, i do not care about politics. germany is looking for what it calls its place in the empire after it unifies and starts looking outward and thinking about catching up with great britain as a global empire. germany clearly has those political aspirations. for example, here in the western hemisphere, it views south america as india. the german empire that will rival the british empire whose jewel in the 19th century of course is india. it catches up with established empires and they had the implements to do that. this guy designed the navy. he has short-range combatants that can only operate in the north sea. these geopolitical aspirations but at the same time it sees what germany is building and germany is building a navy that is clearly designed to go after britain's isles, navy and fight for maritime supremacy. not in the far east or places like that. th

this is the admiral, he is the state secretary of navy for the imperial german navy. this is the father of the high seas and fights with the british grand fleet. this is the guy who says i build ships, i do not care about politics. germany is looking for what it calls its place in the empire after it unifies and starts looking outward and thinking about catching up with great britain as a global empire. germany clearly has those political aspirations. for example, here at the western hemisphere it views south america as india. the german empire that will rival the british empire who is the jewel in the 19th century of course is india. it catches up with established empires and implements it to do that. this guy designed the navy. he has a short range combatants that can only operate in the north sea. these geopolitical aspirations but at the same time it sees what germany is building and germany is building a navy that is clearly designed to go after britain's navy and fight for maritime supremacy. not me far east or places like that. they see this taking place in shi

naval professor james holmes analyzes the battle of jutland between the imperial german navy and the british navy. the navy gunner, professor holmes battles that there are lessons that the 21st-century navy can learn from the great war. this is part of a conference hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the 1918 crucible of war symposium here at the national world war i museum and memorial. we are so pleased to beoi

naval professor james holmes analyzes the battle of jutland between the imperial german navy and the british navy. the navy gunner, professor holmes battles that there are lessons that the 21st-century navy can learn from the great war. this is part of a conference hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. >> ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the 1918 crucible of war symposium here at the national world war i museum and memorial. we are so pleased to be joined this year by our presenting sponsor the military museum and

naval professor james holmes analyzes the battle of jutland between the imperial german navy and the british navy. a navy gunnery officer, professor holmes argues that there are lessons that the 21st-century navy can learn from the great war. this is part of a conference hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. [captions copyril cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

this is the state secretary of navy for the imperial german navy. this is the father that takes to the seas and fights with the british grand fleet. this is a guy who says i build ships. i do not care about politics. germany is looking for what it calls its place in the soviet empire after it unifies in the 1870s and starts thinking about catching up with great britain as a global empire. germany quite clearly has those political aspirations. for example, even here in the western hemisphere they think of the various places in south america as its india. the jewel in the crown of a potential german empire. that will rival the british empire. there's very much an aspect of catching up with established empires. but this guy he designs a navy that is heavily battleship centric and has very short range combatants that can be only operate in the north sea. better contain hears these geopolitical aspirations but at the same time it sees what germany is building and germany is building a navy that is clearly designed to go after the british isles to take ou

the imperial german navy. he argued that there are lessons for the 21st century the u.s. navy can learn from the largest naval battle of the great work. taking part at the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas he, this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen welcome back to 1918 crucible of wars at the national world war i museum and memorial. we are so pleased to be joined this year by our presenting sponsor, the pittsburgh military museum and library. as well as, continuing our partnership with the united states world war i centennial commission. and with the united states centennial commission, we have been presenting educational materials since 2014 including a spectacular education newsletter which, if you're a teacher or a professor or if you know a teacher we would encourage you to go to our website, the world war.org to sign up where we provide topical materials on a bimonthly basis. with that, you can also find some really great primary sources on things like ships and the navy. so, if you ha

because the imperial japanese navy and the german navy now in the bottom of the pacific ocean and the atlantic ocean and there is no one to challenge the united states navy and thus, you have this enormous fleet of aircraft carriers, battle ships and so forth floating in solitary splendor with nothing to do. this denies the navy of vocabulary to talk about why this big fleet exists and how do you explain to congress why you need massive appropriations to fund such a fleet and also, what do you benchmark your efforts to prepare against a future adversary against when no adversary is yet on the horizon? the soviet navy doesn't come until the 1960s. again, winning too big is a very serious thing and i think we did the same thing in 1991 when the united states navy and marine corps declared that history had ended and you can look it up online does and i did in early documents and said we no longer need to fight in order to control the sea. we can assume the united states navy owns the sea and we can convert this to a safe expanse from which to land marines and conduct humanitarian assista

the imperial german navy. he argued that there are lessons for the 21st century the u.s. navy can learn from the largest naval battle of the great work. taking part at the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas he, this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen welcome back to 1918 crucible

with the german navy attacking those convoys, that meant inevitably he was saying we should be prepared to go to war. most significantly for his listeners. he called for the creation of a draft army. the united states in 164 years up to that point had never drafted an army in peace time. not a single soldier had ever been conscripted except in time of war. he concluded that june 18th talk by saying i believe we should find our people we should find our people ready to take the proper part in this threatened world and to carry through victory from freedom and reconstruction. that was a tall order with hitler's troops in paris and effectively having conquered almost all of europe. the next day, president roosevelt called stimson and asked him to become secretary of war. he told him i agree with everything in the radio address. stimson, like many people, believed the president would soon move to the war. fast-forward another year, june 18, 1941. by this point germany had consolidated further on europe. conquering crete, yugoslavia and greece. rommel was moving through north africa and thre

how did britain look at that, because before the war, they were terribly afraid of the german navy, and i'm not sure whether they were liberty ships or what type of ships they were, did britain start feeling a bigger threat at all in the bigger picture as this was coming to a close? if you don't like the question, just bat it away. lora: i will actually interrupt and thank you because that is the best segue we could possibly have for our next speaker as well so dr. wawro, back to you. dr. wawro: well, there was reat tension between britain and america, you know, from 1914 on. i talk about in the early chapters of the book britain is the closest thing america has to a hereditary enemy. britain had, we thought obviously the american resolution. britain backs the confederacy during the american civil war. and we really had a feeling -- and then during world war i, when the u.s. is a neutral ower, the british blockade acts against all u.s. trained, like the netherlands, stopping, turning them back, seizing the mail bags, that sort of thing. the american opinion is affronted by this. you hav

how did britain look at that, because before the war, they were terribly afraid of the german navy, and here the americans are coming with all of these ships, although i don't know if they, what type of ships, if they're just liberty ships or what types of ships they were. did britain start feeling a threat at all in the bigger picture as this was coming to a close? and if you don't like the question, just bat it away. >> i'm going to actually first interrupt and say thank you, because that's the best segue that we could possibly have for our next speaker, as well. so dr. wawro, back to you. >> well, you know, there was great tension between britain and america from 1914 on, and i talk about in the early chapters of the book, brit isn't closest thing america has to a hereditary enemy. britain had, we fought obviously the american revolution but then britain backs the confederacy during the american civil war, and we really had a feeling that, and then during world war i, when the u.s. is in a-neutral power, britain, the british blockade acts against all u.s. trade with a central powers,

at that time during that gulf war experience, we had the president, an 18-year-old navy carrier pilot, colin powell, german schwartzkopf, our military commander wounded, we had some people that were not only strategic visionaries, but who also, as young people, had seen the reality of war. i think that's a real reason why the gulf war was a four-day ground campaign and 30-day air campaign which was, i might add, one of the largest armys and air forces in the world which we dismantled in short order. >> let me ask you about him as a diplomate, somebody who liked to use the phone to talk to his colleagues and counterparts around the world. you mentioned the sheer size of that mission in the persian gulf. explain the significance of that, what he was able to do to bring so many countries together. >> i was in the room with president bush in a series of meetings with world leaders. it would be a small group, six or seven people in a room. and president bush would have me stay in there with them as lieutenant general in uniform. and i had to tell people, it wasn't just because he wanted co

this is the moment a royal navy bomb disposal team blew up a wartime german sea mine. good effort, gentlemen. it's just one of the 1,200 bombs the team laying submarine cable across the north sea have counted. the two cables run for 140 kilometres and will allow electricity to be exchanged between belgium and the uk. the installation is a huge task. that is copper, and that is where the actual current will flow, and that'sjust the same as the copper in domestic wiring, only slightly larger. below ground you have incredibly fast moving sounds. so, there's a lot of high current, poor water visibility. we had divers in 50 metres of water with zero visibility in a shifting, dynamic environment, so that's a major risk to manage when you send them down to work in those locations. for the last three years, at a cost of almost £600 million, the route has been surveyed, excavated, and the cable has been buried. this is where it resurfaces, and the electricity is connected to the national grid. it is already sticking out of the soil. these underwater shots show how the nemo lin

this is the moment a royal navy bomb disposal team blew up a wartime german sea mine. good effort, gentlemen. it's just one of the 1,200 bombs the team laying a submarine cable across the north sea has encountered. the two cables run for 140 kilometres and will allow electricity to be exchanged between belgium and the uk. the installation is a huge task. that is copper, and that is where the actual current will flow, and that'sjust the same as the copper in domestic wiring, only slightly larger. below ground you have incredibly fast moving sands. so, there's a lot of high current, poor water visibility. we had divers working in 50 metres of water with zero visibility in a shifting, dynamic environment, so that's a major risk to manage when you send them down to work in those locations. for the past three years, at a cost of almost £600 million, the route has been surveyed, excavated, and the cable has been buried. this is where it resurfaces, and the electricity is connected to the national grid. it is already sticking out of the soil. these underwater shots show how

german wicker, chairman sullivan, ranking member coronel ranking member read, i beg your pardon kaine, distinguished members who are all here today . first, on behalf of all the sailors, marines, sailors, all our teammate serving around the world we want to thank you for your bipartisan effort to restore funding stability to the department of the navy. it is critical and it is doing its work. i will tell you that the weather pains are all pointed in the right direction, urgency is the message that we have now. you are seeing improvement you will here today, but the rate of improvement must increase and we believe we have plans to address that. the foundation for restoring readiness and in creating lethality has been set. but we must build on this. i said with a sense of urgency. with a focus on people, capabilities and process. and while we have much to do, we are well underway and during this testimony we will highlight and answer questions for you that delineate what is being done. the national defense strategy identifies three lines of effort to counter the increasingly complex sec

or more you pee in german following germany so therefore it's it's a very important decision politicians in denmark are looking to brussels for an agreement that she'll start country against the critics of the pipeline with their skinny navy never supporting the project they feel left alone in this decision and their response has been to play for time. tired of waiting the company building to pipeline has proposed a different route that runs just outside danish territorial waters where commercial project is a highway of gas that is going to secure europe with a supply of gas that is needed in the future construction of the pipeline is supposed to be completed by late next year and those building it seem determined to continue no matter how the politics play out here announced al-jazeera copenhagen denmark. has backed down on his demand for five billion dollars to build the wall along the border with mexico the u.s. for as event has been threatening to shut down the u.s. government if his demands weren't met failure to agree on a budget could see eight hundred thousand government workers

. >> reporter: the day after high school graduation he went to the navy boot camp where he was trained as a ship's radio man first class. his ship left the east coast towing a barge heading to the pacific theater. the germans almost got him. >> we had german u boats and we had a torpedo that went between the floating dry dock and the ship. >> reporter: once in the pacific things got worse. his ship helped supply marines at the beginning of the canal, deliver equipment to the island to deliver the atomic bomb. al was there. he took this photograph now displayed in the smithsonian. >> this is august of 1945. >> reporter: right after. >> it had just come back from dropping the bomb on japan. >> reporter: the buena park senior community honors its many veterans here with this proud display, men and women who served in world war ii and other wars. al has strong feelings about the nuclear bomb. >> that bomb saved 1 million american lives because the next step would have been the invasion of japan. >> reporter: world war ii vets are still a tight community. in walnut creek, don ford, kpix5. >

this is the moment a royal navy bomb disposal team blew up a wartime german c—. disposal team blew up a wartime german c-. good effort. -- sea mine. it is one of the 1200 bombs of the tea m it is one of the 1200 bombs of the team laying submarine cable across the north sea having counted. the ca bles the north sea having counted. the cables run for 140 kilometres and will allow electricity to be exchanged between belgium and the uk. the installation is a huge task. there is copper and that is where the actual current will flow, and that‘s just the same as the copper in domestic wiring, only slightly larger. belowground in domestic wiring, only slightly larger. belowg round you in domestic wiring, only slightly larger. belowground you have incredibly fast moving sounds. so there‘s a lot of high current, poor water visibility. we had divers in 50 metres of water with zero visibility in a shifting, dynamic environment so that is a major risk to manage when you send them down to work in those locations. for the last three years, at a cost of almost £600 million, the route has been su

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navy but was turned down because he had a glass eye 11 members of the lynch mob were acquitted while the military band played outside the courthouse. it's no accident the same. saw an assault on the media unmatched by anything we have ever seen in this country. here the excuse was war. and the target was always the left. the governments instrument was the post office because newspapers and magazines had to reach people through the mail. they passed a resolution call mac anything calculated to have insubordination or disloyalty or otherwise embarrass or hamper the government to conduct the war was being and from the press altogether since 75 newspapers and magazines in this country had to be censored or were shut down completely. one of the magazines shut down completely was one of the most interesting the country has ever produced, the masses which published the young walter lipman and many other people it was like the new yorker of its day one of those that defended them was a cartoon of a living doll crumbling. there was a crackdown on the movement speaking out against the war and

enlisted with his family connections paid off they did not keep him from enlisting he went into the navy they got him a spot that he ultimately becomes one of the youngest naval aviators in the entire pacific theater used to say he was the youngest until one of the germans younger showed up remarkably young to have that sort of responsibility spending several years in training then to get sent off to tokyo. and also to take care of them and under his command at only 19 or 20 years old. he talked about everything else every other question i asked him he was wonderful multiple conversations but ask him about this particular moment we were on a plane together thinking this is the perfect moment to experience this he turned to me it was a double stuffed oreo and said what else you got? the idea being i am not talking about this it is off-topic. >> cspan: why? with september 2nd 1844 he and his crew on the bombing mission and his plane was hit and he had to hold the bomber aloft and then after dropping the bombs he told his crew now time to bail he actually hit his head on the table and then

because it will somehow signal if we belong still belong to the american camp or we are more you pee in german following germany so therefore it's it's a very important decision politicians in denmark are looking to brussels for an agreement that she'll start country against the critics of the pipeline with their skinny navy never supporting the project they feel left alone in this decision and their response has been to play for time tired of waiting the company building the pipeline has proposed a different route that runs just outside danish territorial waters where a commercial project is a highway of gas that is going to secure europe with a supply of gas that is needed in the future construction of the pipeline is supposed to be completed by late next year and those building it seem determined to continue no matter how the politics play out here announced by al-jazeera copenhagen denmark. now with one hundred days to go before britain is due to leave the european union and the countdown to breaks it is getting increasingly chaotic prime minister theresa may has tried and failed to persua

the second thing is what you're talking about is coal, old technology, the germans did it during world war ii and they were being pressured because of losing their oil production, south africa did it when sanctions were slapped on them and here is the kicker here, they're able to do this because china has given north korea the technology to gasify coal and it's 10% of oil in terms of capacity level. here again china, yes, they said that abiding by the sanctions, but no, the truth is they are helping north korea and we have got to get tough on all of this. maria: yeah. let me ask you about military spending because we know this is front and center this week, the congressional budget office releasing recommendations on how the u.s. could curve defense spending, some of those recommendations including capping pay increases for service members, canceling purchases of f-35 joint strike fighters and stopping production of four aircraft carriers among others, what's your reaction, general? all the worry about overspending. we've got a budget partial shutdown coming this week. do you think the

, made sure the navy was ready for that war. he had fought in the trenches himself. battalion commander, he actually went in and got so close to the german trenches, you could actually hear them speaking german in their trenches. this was a man of action. he had fought in five campaigns on four continents. so he understood what the harsh as pecks of war were like as well that helped him with dealing with the admirals? explain his relationship with the king and how that evolved. the ting who desperately wanted like much of the british establishment wanted more halifax to be the prime minister and had little use for churchill. talk about how that relationship evolved and if there was a turning point what that purposing point may have been. >> yes. it's a fascinating relationship and certainly because of this concept of the turning point. because when he became prime minister, churchill was not trusted by the king any more than by much of the rest of the british establishment. the king had remembered he had been on his elder brothe