Free Republic University, Department of History presents
World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment:
New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword realtime Or view
Homers posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homers profile. Also visit our
general discussion thread
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War Battle of Bataan, 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 American Carrier Operations, 7 December 1941-18 April 1942
Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive-Japanese Fourth Fleet and South Seas Detachment Operations, December 1941-April 1942
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Centrifugal Offensive, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942-Fourteenth Army Operations on Luzon
Netherlands East Indies, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-April 1942, Sixteenth Army and Southern Force (Navy) Operations
Southern Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive (and Continued Operations), January-May 1942
Eastern Europe, 1941: Soviet Winter Offensive Operations, 6 December 1941-7 May 1942
North Africa, 1940: Rommels Second Offensive, 21 January-7 July 1942
2 posted on
03/21/2012 4:25:20 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Looks like the MacArthur propaganda machine overreached on that one. As if the General would risk blistering his hands by taking up an oar.
6 posted on
03/21/2012 4:56:02 AM PDT by
PAR35
To: Homer_J_Simpson
In answer to your question of yesterday, it is now 2038 (8:38 pm) 20Mar 2012 here.
7 posted on
03/21/2012 5:39:39 AM PDT by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
- John McCarthy manages to evacuate 214 people from New Britain on the Lakatoi. Of these, 162 were members of Lark Force.
14 posted on
03/21/2012 9:39:00 AM PDT by
CougarGA7
("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Another great post, as usual, Homer. Thank you for all of the effort you put into this series; I have learned so much from the material and the discussions in the threads.
36 posted on
03/21/2012 7:12:35 PM PDT by
TonyInOhio
(A society that becomes more Muslim eventually becomes less everything else.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
MARTHUR ORDERED TO TAKE OFFENSIVE; The type font was so big, they couldn't even fit in one more letter.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson