Day: February 9, 2024

The U.S. military forces that entered Europe and fought their way to Berlin by 1945 bore only a passing resemblance to the U.S. military that had existed just five years before. New technologies on the ground, in the air, at sea, and in the electromagnetic spectrum drove systemic adaptation and resulted in massive joint amphibious operations, large-scale strategic bombing, initial trials of remote-controlled aerial attack weapons, as well as combined arms and air-land collaboration on the ground. A variety of new technologies, the mobilization of industryto produce them en masse, and their combination with new ideas and older military institutions,
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Paul Edgar, the associate director of the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security, moderated a discussion with Amb. Kurt Volker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO from 2008-2009, and Gen. Tod Wolters, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, about the state of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the future of European security, and the impact of the conflict on global security. The conversation explored the evolution of President Putin’s approach to relations with the West, the changes in Russian foreign policy, and what this may portend for regional security in the future. Image: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
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That’s how you get hurt!”
shouts a pro-Palestinian supporter at a man standing holding up a sign stating “War Crimes Trials For Hamas”.
pic.twitter.com/lHWTsxjbXS— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 9, 2024
Polish Deputy FM @WTBartoszewski poses with a #WeRemember sign.
His father Władysław Bartoszewski was a prisoner of Auschwitz, and a WWII resistance fighter who participated in the Warsaw Uprising.
After the war he was persecuted and imprisoned by the communist authorities. pic.twitter.com/mABFJxwDpS
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 8, 2024
