more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to cover the port city of antwerp. the national world war ii memorial this is half an hour. were missing >> my name is alex kerr shaw, i'm a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today, as your master ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in world war ii. in fact, the largest fought in the u.s. of its entire history. friends of the national world war ii memorial was a small non profit organization whose mission is to honor and preserve the national memory of world war ii and to create the next greatest generation of tomorrow. this morning ceremony is part of the friends national world war ii memorial f

. -- on antwerp. anniversary --h the 75th anniversary of the battle of the borge. the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. i am a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today, as your master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in world war ii. in fact, the largest fought in the u.s. of its entire history. friends of the national world war two memorial -- world war ii memorial is a small non profit organization whose mission is to honor and preserve the national memory of

more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark battle's 75th anniversary with a ceremony in washington, d.c. author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as your master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in

committed over 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark the 75th anniversary of the battle with a ceremony in washington d.c. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is much amend his honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as you master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in world war ii. in fact, the largest fought in -- b

across the river by the end of day for to get to antwerp. to make sure they get that speed, they're going to lead with infantry to create penetration, then passed the armored forces and drive rapidly to the rear, they plan the offensive for december when the weather is bad. the weather and the ardennes in the north has been in the upper thirties to low forties. there is a foot of snow on the ground, the ground is not very well frozen. loose sleet and rain coming down, lots of fog that will prevent the air force from playing a role in this which is what hitler planned at this time period. speed and the ability to take these to road intersections, these roads are important because to be able to sustain the advance of this type of speed, you have to bring up lots of supplies particularly fuel and ammunition. but you have to get through there. the town has six rose that funnel out and it only has the east west railroad line. if you want to turn this into a major success you must be able to take that town so you're logistical convoys can move for

more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark battle's 75th anniversary with a ceremony in washington, d.c. author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as your master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in

troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families, nd officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark battle's 75th anniversary with a ceremony in washington, d.c. author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as your master of eremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in wo

we will attack out of the the goal ofh antwerp. he seized upon the gap between the british 21st army group and the u.s. 12th army group. he wants to use the ardennes and move rapidly across the river, did in bridges like he 1940, then move to antwerp. isolating the 21st army group and hopefully creating another theirk. if he can isolate 21st army group, he hopes that will knock britain out of the war. if it doesn't knock them out totally it will stem the united states into action. he can take troops and put them into what he considers the real threat, the eastern front against russia. he will select three armies. speed will be paramount to the german success. is made up ofrmy ss troops and that will be the main effort. it will be the army that will come sweeping through here, take the area and go up to antwerp. supporting the flank will be the , a shapingr army operation. it is supposed to take a critical crossroads near st. vith no later than the second day and in the self, the seventh army, and infantry army. much the weakest of

we will attack out of the ardennes with the objective of antwerp." what hitler seized on is this gap between the british 21st army group and the u.s. 12th army group. he wants to use the ardennes and move very, very rapidly across the muse river seizing bridges , like he did in 1940, then move to antwerp, isolating the 21st army group and hopefully creating then another dunkirk. if he can destroy the 21st army group, britain's main armies on the continent he hopes that will , knock britain out of the war. if it doesn't knock them out totally, it will at least stun the united states into action. he can take troops and put them into what he considers the real threat, the eastern front against the russians. to do this, he is going to select three armies. speed is going to be paramount to the german success. the sixth panzer army is made up of ss troops, and that will be in the main effort. it is going to be the army that is going to come sweeping through here, take the area and go up to antwerp. supporting the flank of that will be the fifth army, fifth

the great drive to antwerp had begun. flames >> on december 16, 1944 about six p.m. i received a telephone call from general walker who informed me there was going to be transferred with the division to the first army and replaced under the eighth call, that they had been attacked by the germans in the vicinity of luxembourg. i made dispatched my chief of staff to the headquarters of the eighth core for orders. the chief of staff returned about two a.m. the next morning and informed me that the division was to go into a quartering area, just west of luxembourg. >> when the battle of the bulge began, my unit was in a rest area south of luxembourg. we received orders to be prepared to move north on 24 hours notice. a short time later, the alert was changed to 12 hours. a short time later, we were on the road. >> the 10th armored division sent two of its comeback commands northwest of luxembourg to go into action there. they sent my combat command west to one town and then north to another. i appreciated my outfit and got in around 4:00 p.m.. the general asked how my ou

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we will pack out with the objections of antwerp. his hitler's has seized on this gaffe between the british 21st army group and the u.s. 12 army group. ra ganz anduse the moved very, very rapidly across the muse river, seizing the bridges there as he did in 1940, and then moved to antwerp. isolating the 21st army group and hopefully creating another dunkirk. if he can destroy a britain's main army on the continent, he helps that will knock britain out of the war. him out it knock will stun the united states into action and then you could take large numbers of troops and put them into what he considers the real threat in the eastern front against the russians. this he has three armies. speed will be paramount to the german success. this army is made up of ss troops. that will be the main effort. it will be the army that will come sweeping through, take leave. supporting the flank of that will be the fifth army. that is what we call shaping operation today. it is supposed to take the critical crossroads no later than the second day. th

operation, which was to be initiated was at a south of cologne, would be the capture of the fort of antwerp. >> three german armies would launch the counteroffensive to split allied forces and capture their point of supply, antwerp. biggestld and as the cattle bought by american troops, the battle of the bulge, would burst without warning on the first army front. in december, 1944, it was held in the north by the 99th division. they -- the fourth divisions to the south, by the newly arrived 106th, spread at the center. miserable.ns were it was raining and snowing. we were relieving the second division. -- we, a new ad on extensive division, where brought into their sector. we were introduced ironically as byecall, most of the battle the second division cap talking to each of the units of the 106th, talking about what i country club area this was to be . if you shots fired each day. -- a few shots fired each day. >> december 1944, i was a second lieutenant. franceision landed in and went into the line to straddle with -- on the ninth of december. looking back, i think the division was about

bulge" hitler's committed more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort to recapture antwerp. veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations, mark the attle's anniversary with ceremony in washington, d.c. and author gives the keynote address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is much amend his honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. i am a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books , including war ii one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today, as your master ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in world war ii. in fact, the largest fought in the u.s. of it

committed over 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark the 75th anniversary of the battle with a ceremony in washington d.c. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning.

flanders here is the export of vegetables all the time going from the port of sea bridge a port of antwerp to do to you k. so i know that you will still have trade twitters but of course we want a new cream and maybe focused on on things like beverage him food. in brussels brits and others distraught about bricks it's have been parting away their sorrows but it belgian exporters of got it right the u.k.'s great departure may not turn out to be entirely traumatic for either side barnsley al-jazeera invest in belgium . at least 23 people have been killed by a rebel group in eastern democratic republic of congo the group the allied democratic forces is suspected of being behind the offensive in the city of beni the deaths bring the number of civilians killed this week to at least 59 that would include the 36 people on wednesday who were killed in north kivu province where protesters in sudan continue their calls for officials to keep the promises made after the removal of the country's former president they say the government still doesn't have proper civilian representation the military has

hitler launched a battle near lox souxemburg, and this w with the hope of recapturing the port city of antwerp. and they alsounched the tiger division and narrated by lorne greene, and how they detailed the battle and the experience up to the surrender of germany in may of 1945, and we will show you tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and on c-span3. >> american history history products are available at the c-span online store, and go to c-span store.org to see what is new for american history tv, and check out all of the c-span products products. >>> hi, everyone. my name is adam cook, and koch, the c-span cam winner. and i encourage you to continue, because this is about the time i started filming my documentary the first year i entered. i'm in the d.c. offices and c-span student cam was an incredible opportunity to express my views and thoughts about the current political climate while connecting with the local and state leaders in political office. i am extremely excited that you are interested in this and pursuing this and it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, a

tanks and 200,000 troops took part in this final effort with the hope to recapture the port city of antwerp. tigers on the loose is a 1965 u.s. army film highlighting the 10th armored division known as the tiger division. narrated by actor lauren green, the story is told primarily by the veterans themselves who detail the battle and the divisions' experience up to the surrender of germany in may of 1945. we'll show that to you tonight, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-span store.org to see what's new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. >> hi, everyone. my name is adam cook. i'm a 2018 c-span student cam winner. i'm here to encourage you to continue to wrap up this competition as the deadline is getting pretty close. don't worry you'll still have time. this is about the time i started filming my documentary, the first year i entered it. i'm in the d.c. offices right now and i'm just going to tell you that c-span student cam was an incredible

and 200,000 troops took part in this final nazi effort with the hope to recapture the port city of antwerp. tigers on the loose is a 1965 u.s. army film highlighting the tenth armored division known as the tiger division, narrated by actor lorne green the story is told primarily by the veterans themselves who detailed the battle and division's experience up to the surrender of germany in may of 1945. we will show that to you tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-spanstore.org to see what's new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. >> hi, everyone my name is adam koch and i am a 2018 c-span student cam winner and i'm here to encourage you to continue to wrap up this competition as the deadline is getting pretty close, but don't worry you will still have time. this is actually about the time that i started filming my documentary the first year that i filmed it. i'm in the d.c. offices and i'm going to tell you that c-span student cam was an

be very close to the european union going forward but certainly the last couple days we've been in antwerp and in the north sea just over the sea from the u.k. and all the institutions and companies there we've spoken to i made it very clear that they think they will be able to do everything they can to make bricks of the success. the last day for the u.k. in the european union but here they're carrying on as if nothing is changing the vegetables come from several european countries and the bagged up and supplied to schools and hospitals all over britain it's a well organized if it works out how to keep feeding the u.k. even if the trade deal never happens all of the transport is now. used uses the weekends rather than and depending on the week days so we gain 2 extra days to get our stuff over the u.k. we use different boards where we're only we're using maybe 2 folds in the past 234 boards that's a moment things like food a critical in forthcoming trade talks and will determine what extent the u.k. plans to stay close to the new what would no deal mean no food points about brecht see. it

bulge" hitler's committed more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort to recapture antwerp. veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations, mark the attle's anniversary with ceremony in washington, d.c. and author gives the keynote address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is much amend his honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. i am a member of the board of

more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families, nd officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark battle's 75th anniversary with a ceremony in washington, d.c. author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most deco

but you have the former president of the antwerp diamond exchange saying there are tepp people in the world who could buy and sell and the stone and know what td it could be a $50 million stone. >> i was wondering the yield. >> they are saying millions, not giving us more insight. >> it's chunky how does twitter and square ceo jack doorsy run two companies. he reveals his secret in an interview. >> i try to meditate two hours a day and eat seven meals every woeb just dinner. >> i have to say sounds boring and restrictive, doesn't it. >> don't interrupt me i'm meditating. >> we had ice cream and talked about popcorn. >> tas that wasn't one of the seven for the week. >> one of myself for the day but, you know, if it works for him. i couldn't to it. >> a lot of people are into restrictive. if you are in kyoto diet it's like climbing a mountain. it's a challenge. >> but in the earlier ask that someone sent me earlier. he talked about favorite foods boiled fish, boiled chicken vegetables, greens. >> it seems it's not as much of a sacrifice for him as it might be for other people. >> one da