protecting their flank along the oute, the germans planned -- germans fanned out to the north and east. this was to be the perfect battle of annihilation. on may 28, the belgian army, compressed into a small space and weary of battle, lay down its arms. that left the desperate french and british defenders with their backs to the sea at the small channel port of dunkirk. narrator: one of the greatest disasters in history seemed in the making. the entire british army facing ed annihilation. but out of the fog and mist crowding the channel became a strange armada. navy craft, fishing boats, pleasure yachts, anything that could float. the seagoing people of britain had come to rescue their army. miles ahead, british fighter planes brought the luftwaffe to a standstill. well below, small allied suicide units held the germans back long enough for the miracle of dunkirk to take place. 211,500 british troops plus 112,500 french and belgium were rescued. over 300,000 battle tested men, grimly determined to go back again with new tools, new weapons with which to blast the hated nazis out of this

but even when he came back he kept on learning german. i criticized him for that and told him that's enough. you'll never live in germany and you don't need it here. but then one day the germans arrived and suddenly his skills were in demand. their money back though. no arbonne is unsure how he's to make a living for his family. as. it's hard to find a job at my age. i'm fifty six years old. and it's really hard for me to find a job here. i mean for the young people it's difficult but more so for me. if you need. a meeting with the commander of the german k. for contingent christan. with the law good morning lieutenant colonel. it's a good morning mr graham glad you're here please have a seat. so the time will come next week on wednesday when i can hand off the troops and then fly home again next friday. and i wanted to take this opportunity to speak with you personally to thank you very much for the work you have done for all of us of course but especially for me for me and we thank you very much. i think the city and the inhabitants of

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zealand in course speak german maybe. for almost twenty years our been going god has worked for the german military as an interpreter in a camp in the city of prisoner and now as the german army's deployment comes to an end he's about to lose his job. the camp is located in the very south of the small country of kosovo where the german armed forces were supporting the peace process following a bloody war now the so-called k. four and nato led international peacekeeping force are packing their bags because the security situation is now considered stable for this means he has to find a new job in a poor country with high unemployment. across the forty hectare military site everything is being unscrewed packed up and cleared out. entire buildings will disappear. like this gas station house and this has been our been going goes world for almost two decades he's a translator and one of two hundred civilian employees who have been working for the german bonus fair armed forces in prison for years. and have shown here more fuel

the germans blew that up. the inscription on the monument made reference to german imperialism or the evil of the german cause. the germans were not going to stand for it. there was another for african- american troops. the germans also blew that up. for the most part if they were just monument that showed what you saw on hill 204 than it was left alone. >> i wonder if mr. lengel could talk about the monument that was presented to general pershing after world war i and the unveiling of the monument and the controversy? hopefully he will know what i am talking about? >> i am not sure which one you are referring to. >> it is my understanding that there was a big controversy about the unveiling of the fighting soldier monument. it was actually a monument of a fighting marine from world war i. pershing was not happy. >> i remember what you are talking about. pershing's attitude toward the marines was ambivalent . during belleau wood and immediately after he was supportive of giving credit to the marines but he was

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the german football association of racism. now germans are publicly debating does the country have a problem with xena phobia. racism in germany is a very big or big problem for two thirds or sixty four percent of the germans according to latest polls only thirty five percent think it's a small or no problem at all. but with nothing to gain for the government in berlin approval rates for the grand coalition continue to plummet. i asked which party they'd vote for less than a third of german voters twenty nine percent would currently cast their ballot for the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc the social democrats would get less than a fifth of the votes only eighteen percent the right wing populist would reach a record high seventeen percent the liberals and left each still rank below ten percent while the greens would move up to fifteen percent. according to this poll if there was a general election next sunday the coalition parties would lose their majority in parliament but had to make up germans consider health and pension po

claimed by awere german band. -- played by a german band. the british will fight to the last drop of french blood. you have been deceived. this was an imperialistic war for britain. we germans want nothing of france. what is happening to your wife back home, soldiers? the british are stationed in your villages. yes, france was ready to the plucked. whole force of the nazi light was turned -- might was turned to the west. through the low country in 1914? what was the 1940 plan of conquest? it was believed the germans would try a swing through the low country. but even after hitler's rape of scandinavia, holland still clung to neutrality. so the french 70 division along the border of belgium, 17 in the maginot line. 10 divisions here, in case mussolini got bored. the british have 10 divisions here. the allied strategy in an attack against the low countries was to swing their armies like a gate into belgium, the hinge being the maginot line. by ahinge was protected edr state honeycomb -- forest honeycomb area. ardennes wased the impossible by a

is calling for the german government to take responsibility. just demanding three things an apology or recognition of genocide and reparations break something you have to fix it was at a party and women over skype would be marked out. it was here in berlin that the fate of africa was decided at the eight hundred eighty five conference the continent was sliced up and divided among european powers prior to world war one germany had colonies around the world have to lose in the war german overseas land was in redistributed and later de colonized. millions were affected by the brutality and greed of german colonialism. an attempt to exterminate the herero unama people in german south west africa today namibia resulted in the murder of at least eighty thousand people out of fears of costly reparations german parliament has never officially recognized the murders as genocide but the government has promised of several assessment of the country's colonial history. going to nocca germany's commissioner to africa is involved in the process doesn't. mean

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but i'm not a german or part of german society or the german people it was hooked. some thoughts of my point of view you don't belong to the german people in this village the camera on i know this works or vito have does it work explain why it's always this. kind of only what you can even broadcast of it you know what if you don't like it here than to go somewhere you like better just against the dotted with. the back where you came from. it's interesting to hear one of the speakers in that incident deprecating german citizenship essentially saying you are only a german citizen it is troubling they reminiscent for many of us that old blood and soil idea of what it means to be a german and this is why i think that we have a constitutional crisis because these voices they have a strong voice now the parliament of germany with the far right if he and they becoming more and more popular and they could even win elections in some regions in germany and because they start to to bring up this this topic that like like blaming germans as not german just because of this skin

the germans assumed it. the french assumed it, the british and others all assumed it was going to happen. and that was really important in making the war actually happen. yes, the french and the germans did talk to each other, there was a lot of diplomacy. there was some crises before 1914 that were defused. but they all assumed it was going to happen. in terms of the zimmerman telegram, the germans certainly hoped that the united states would not enter into the war. but there was a sense that the americans were already pro allied. for the most part the americans were already providing a lot of financial aid to the british and to the french. so the french felt like the americans were belligerents in all but fact. assumed it would take us a long time to get ready. they were willing to take the gamble to resume up restricted submarine warfare, to start sinking our ships and to send the zimmerman telegram. there was a sense that we think the americans will probably enter into this war. but if they do, it will t

the supposedly german army who were non-german speakers. and i think that "saving private ryan's" little czech vignette, what i'll call it, it's 30 seconds of a three-hour movie, shows that quite well. there's an account of u.s. soldiers taking german prisoners. didn't look german and not speaking german, and they're being passed around in the rear echelons. where are these guys, where are they from, so -- i did some mission work in korea. these guys are koreans. what are they doing in normandy? well, korea was a japanese colony. they'd been inducted into the japanese army. they'd been captured in border battles with the soviet union in 1939. the soviet -- japanese border in siberia. they'd been shipped west to fight the germans in the red army. when had germans invaded, they had been captured by the germans and now they were fighting in normandy. there's one story, too, of a mongolian speaker -- >> the most unlucky soldier in history. >> the most unlucky soldier in history. what exactly am i doing here? my homeland is occupied, i've been c

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millions were affected by the brutality and greed of german colonialism. an attempt to exterminate the herero unama people in german south west africa today namibia resulted in the murder of at least eighty thousand people out of fears of costly reparations german parliament has never officially recognized the much as genocide but the government has promised if ever assessment of the country's colonial history. well i'm joined now here at the big table by the kuwait is the paramount chief of the over herero people it's good to have you here in the studio with this we saw the remains being returned to namibia what are your thoughts about that for well. oh it's a step in the right direction. that's one of the months. and therefore we are delighted to but we could be here and receive that immense and yes it's. your delighted are you are you satisfied do you feel that a sense of justice has been carried out. in a small measure indeed yes. they don't belong here they shouldn't have been here in the first listening. and therefore. it's it was a good day there ar

a german champion it should. be allowed to take over ninety five percent of the domestic market making it not just a german champion but a german monster who will increase the cost of air travel for millions of germans ticket prices did in fact go up at john's or right after air berlin's last flight thousands of air berlin employees faced an uncertain future both easy jet and the lufthansa group bought up air berlin's landing rights in airplanes employees had to apply for new jobs and were given inferior contracts a year after declaring insolvency it looks like taxpayers won't have to foot the bill according to insolvency officials the one hundred fifty million euro state created can be almost completely paid in full but it will take several years. now one of the side effects of technological changes that are electrical devices become obsolete faster and faster and that again is creating mountains of electronic waste a poison for the environment and it's also expensive to recycle all call has hired a german compa

i started doing world war ii german. i am german, dutch, and irish. by my nationality in the relatives i had. i got tired doing world war ii. so, i did a lot of research and had been doing it for about 30 years. so, i fell back into doing world war i. it's another timeframe and gives me something to do. as far as something to research and the education and to collect all this stuff. >> what are your thoughts on the centennial? >> we don't want to call it a celebration, it is a great remembrance, and i'm starting to find out how devastating the war was. it was all over in africa and china and all that. i think it's important we remember what happened and how many lives were lost here. we don't do this to glorify it. it's more that we like the military history of it. >> we are at the white sands missile range outside of las cruces, new mexico. join us as we go inside the museum to learn about the history of america's missile and space activity.

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] [applause] narrator: a delirious man possessed the german nation. >> [speaking german] [speaking german] [speaking german] [cheering, applause] >> [speaking german] heil"]ng "sieg narrator: their time had come. ♪ [explosion] ♪ [music intensifies] [airplane engine noises] narrator: without even bothering to declare war, the german armies launched a coordinated attack against the neutral borders of luxenberg, holland, from the maginot line north to the sea. the action was simultaneous, so for the purposes of clarity, let's take up one country at a time. first let's see what happened in holland. [dramatic music, explosions] >> nazi ground forces smashed through the hastily erected defenses, but the main attack was to come from the air, far behind the defense line. [plane engines] [engine noises continue] narrator: over 10,000 troops were landed in this manner. before the stunned citizens of rotterdam knew they were at war, these troops, trained by fifth columnists, took different parts of the city. nazi armored columns were racing across the country, process speeded by other fifth colu

the germans planned for an invasion of england. phase one was to knock out the royal air force and get control of the air. this had wiped out poland and france. destroy communication and transport lines. above all, get command of the air. two, pulverized the coastline with dive bombers. get parachute troops to take over the airfields and establish dominance. phase three. actual invasion. they come across in high-speed barges under an umbrella protecting fighter planes. then, send spearheads of armed might to divide, surround, and destroy all opposition. that is all there is to it. conquer britain. forced a surrender of the british. with the combined power of germany, britain, italy, france, and japan, he could control the seas. the torch of freedom flickered low. on the invasion coast, more than 100 police with german divisions were singing the nazi theme song, sailing against england, as they waited the words from hitler. here, for weeks, all of the supplies and weapons of the nazi war regime had been turned for the britain -- tow

most important moment in recent german history. those were our top ten favorite german comedies of all time the last thing get lost in translation tell us what you think of our list and which comedies you like best we're back next week with another edition of kino i tell them i'll see at the movies. since. it's. the summer festivals and you know. it's twenty one. planes by visiting cultural hotspots comes to. the wrong ones and isolated city no power in the next six. months continues to grow. economically and above all militarily. doesn't want truly one of the country's opponents have their doubts. iran from theocracy to regional superpower to be five minutes long w. . upgrade yourself with d. w.'s interior design channel on to. enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian i'll be challenging those in car asking tough questions demanding answers. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with key players on the ground in the sun doesn't. cutting through the rhetoric holding the powerful to account for the conflict zone. conflict zone wi

welcome to a special edition of kino here on the show we're often asked what our personal favorite german films are the ones we'd recommend to friends so we thought about it actually spent months arguing back and forth but we think we found the top ten german dramas of all time our list kicks off with an early film from a director who was crucial in shaping german cinema after the second world war. she learned. that. lesson. two advanced as a nation i'm going to i'm going to game the scenes of humiliation and torment in the german boarding school in the early twentieth century it's just one of the many films by the deserve a place in our top ten. who's directing debut caused a stir when it premiered at the cannes film festival today it's considered a classic. it's the story of the schoolboy tourist who's fascinated by his schoolmates sadistic games he observes much doesn't interfere until it's too late. for one to show how such an action paves the way for the nazis to seize power. setting up a. i. knew . a man and a woman two former terrorists are on the run from the authorities their dau

blame it on the germans. what american interest would have been upheld to promote the idea of americans winning world war i.>> the first question, why was the admiral julie -- admiralty residence? , going have been done by the royal navy for centuries. they know intuitively that it is going to pull off smaller ships. in the 18th century it would have been briggs. in the 20th century it would have been destroyers. those were the front lines. they argued that if we pull off our warfare equipment destroyer forces, then there is nothing to stop the u-boats. david lloyd george told the admiralty no, you will convoy. as a result, when they came around, i read you the figure. they turned out to be very successful. as far as the second question, i will have to plead ignorance. what american interest would have been effective? i cannot think of why that would have been the case. i do understand that the germans felt that american presence was a huge factor and if we were talking about the whole war or the land war, yo

visited every news line from berlin the german government take steps to reunite some refugees with their families as of today some refugees will be able to apply to bring their loved ones into the country but critics are calling the procedure a lottery. also coming up facebook says it has on the cover the new plot to influence u.s. mid-term elections in november and that the people behind it got to great lengths to hide their identity. and those temperatures hit new highs in europe we find out what people are doing the cool down don't ask if climate change is to blame for the extreme weather. i'm sumi so must be good to have you with us a change in germany's immigration laws a set to take effect today starting today some refugees can apply to bring their immediate relatives to the country in two thousand and sixteen the german government suspended family reunification to slow down the number of migrants arriving here now what is left of that cap we need a syrian refugee who hopes that the new ruling will reunite him with his wife and daughter. needs not allow our last look his wife and d

millions were affected by the brutality and greed of german colonialism. an attempt to exterminate the herero unama people in german south west africa today namibia resulted in the murder of at least eighty thousand people out of fears of costly reparations german parliament has never officially recognized the murders as genocide but the government has promised us several assessment of the country's colonial history. germany's commissioner to africa is involved in the process doesn't. we are of course holding reconciliation talks with namibia right now. trying to formulate what happened a hundred years ago or more so that we as europeans can apologize for the terrible things that and take responsibility. but also so that this is accepted by the african side so that our future is not because we talk about the past. but what we can do together now as we it's. but for israel talks excluding herero unama people count for nothing some activists have gone as far as filing a lawsuit in new york against the german government calling for that participation . their

german courts own appraisal of their law in german prosecutors understanding of what was possible evolved a low and behold midst of the could be prosecuted and and he was arrested so. we're dealing here both with different legal systems and in both of our countries evolving once you have been quoted mr rosenbaum as saying that trying to find nazi war criminals and gather evidence against them is very much a search for that proverbial needle in a haystack how much confidence do you have that german prosecutors will be able to gather the evidence that is necessary to bring this man to trial. our german colleagues are familiar with the evidence that we've amassed to be clear the united states government has taken the position that. germany should admit mr polly as a deportee from the united states we have not said that we believe that under german law he can be prosecuted that is a matter soley within the province of german state law enforcement authorities. pauli is the last deportation case connected to possible nazi war crimes how many living nazi war criminals do you suppose are still in

moment in recent german history. those were our top ten favorite german comedies of all time the last thing get lost in translation tell us what you think of our list and which comedies you like best we're back next week with another edition of kino until then i'll see at the movies. journalists discuss the topic. president to blame for turkey's economic crisis show germany the man who's turned his country into an autocracy and. find out coming up. next. couple of. restaurants. with patrons showing great food. sixty minutes. upgrade yourself with interior design channel on. what keeps us and say what makes us sick and how do we stay healthy. my name is dr carson the i talk to medical experts. watch them at work. and then discuss what you can do to improve your health. stay tuned and let's all try to stay. on the w. . you need. a lot of very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of berlin of the focus this week is on turkey's financial crisis that many observers feel could spiral out of control

face of german government resistance. then i'll be here in just a minute with up and much more news that's all coming up after the break you're watching d.w. news from berlin. go just couldn't get this song out of his head. musicologist began searching for the source of these captivating sounds. in the rain forest in central africa. to find their culture stayed low. only a promise to his son to leave the jungle return to the concrete and glass jungle of new york. the result reversed culture shock. the prose we. saw from the forest starts caucus night w. . keep out china why germany thinks it needs to start protecting its industry and infrastructure from chinese take over it's. germany initiated slave just lation to crack down on online tax evasion watch out if you're a bend or amazon on e-bay. and supermarket not bringing tangible and affordable works to the masses. i've been fizzling that's the business beijing has been. before berlin could block it chinese investors have dropped their bid to buy the german machine tool

on german uniforms and getting behind german lines. it's an indication of that process of adaptation, that process of learning. next slide please. we have, however, one of the less pleasant aspects of our participation in this war. and this is in one of the other stereotypes that you still have to fight against today. we developed a this idea that the french were all cowards. and that they were all running away. that when we arrived at the front, where the marines and french were broken, germans were advancing on paris, that we entered into the conflict and saved paris. unfortunately, you still see this many times. the french were fighting like lions. to suggest that what happened in 1940 can be -- you can look backwards and say, oh yeah, the french, 1940, they just surrendered. as soon as the germans show up, they surrendered. the french, in world war i, fought with great talent, great dedication, and great bravery. and we fight alongside them. there's a reluctance on the point of higher command at many times and they purposely spread

until now germany had refused to accept him on the grounds that he isn't a german and also because german investigators say the evidence against him using conclusive. but the u.s. ambassador lobbied strongly behind the scenes saying berlin had a moral obligation to admit a man suspected of committing crimes in germany's name he's ninety five he's probably going to die some points. he's a little bit sickly and so we wanted to make sure that he didn't die in peace and comfort in the united states but that he was brought back somewhere to to face justice on diplomatic rather than legal grounds the german government has now accepted that argument. of a more on this story i want to bring in rosenbaum he is the director of human rights enforcement strategy and policy at the u.s. department of justice he joins me tonight from our washington d.c. studio mr rosenbaum it's good to have you on the day we know that you and your colleagues spent years on this case in finally yaki of polly has been deported to germany now the u.s. ambassador to germany today says that the deportation took place because

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a new law has given the german government power to block takeovers of german companies like life by foreign firms if they encroach on national security the economy ministry had pressed for a veto because life makes tools for the aerospace industry. as it became obvious berlin would reject the deal the chinese withdrew their bid so life remains in german hands last week the german government also prevent the china state great corporation from taking a twenty percent holding electricity grid operator fifty hertz instead it asked state owned k. of your bank to buy up the stake berlin was an easy about handing a chinese state company a say in the country's power grid public infrastructure it just too critical to be in the hands of a foreign company. but chinese businesses feel unfairly singled out. and. the case shows a company from belgium and a known european one from australia bought stakes in the business. but when a chinese company wants to invest it's being prevented supposedly for reasons of security. some analysts argue such fears will backfire on german businesses wanting greater acces

the germans had sent some troops. they had fought the americans hand-to-hand here in the town but the 7th machine gun battalion was able to get across the river on the south side, opposite from where i'm standing, and block further penetration from the germans. the germans did make it into the north part of chateau-thierry, where they were engaged by the americans and the french. meanwhile, the french had placed detonations underneath the two bridges and blew them up, one on june 1st, the other on june 3rd, preventing the germans from going any further and the americans were able to hold the germans back from further penetration. and after the battle, the 3rd division earned the well-deserved moniker of the rock of the marne. >> our next stop with mitch yockelson is about 6 miles from the town of chateau-thierry in belleau wood, the forest is on a hill above the aisne-marne cemetery. >> we are standing right in the heart of belleau wood, renamed after the battle which ended on june 26, 1918, the brigade of marine, by

news the live from berlin tensions over migration turned violent in the german city of cabinets several people are injured after a second day of protest in a german chancellor condemns the rest and warns that the government will not tolerate mob violence against foreigners. also coming up our killer robots the future of warfare experts from around the world are meeting in switzerland to discuss how to deal with weapons that can fight wars and kill all on their own plus as america mourns the passing of john mccain a war hero and a politician known for reaching across the aisle for a contentious senate battle in arizona and the ins that his home state may soon be represented by a very different type of politician. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. the german government says that federal police are ready to back up local law enforcement officers in the eastern state of saxony that's after two days of growing tensions between neo nazis and left wing protesters beyond rest is triggered was triggered rather by the fatal stabbing of a german man over the weekend in an apparent alter cati