Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

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 and the occasional radio broadcast 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 Homer’s 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 Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.
1 posted on 01/18/2015 4:41:14 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


To: Homer_J_Simpson
Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Invasion of Luzon and the Advance to Manila, 9 January-4 February 1945
The Philippine Islands: Leyte Island and the Visayas, 1944 – Sixth Army Operations Mindoro and Marinduque Islands, 13 December 1944-24 January 1945
The Ardennes Area, 1944: Operations, 17 January-7 February 1945
Eastern France and the Low Countries, 1944: Territorial Changes along the Front, 16 December 1944-7 February 1945 and Allied Plan for Rhineland Campaign
Southeastern France 1944: German Offensive, 1-30 January 1945 and Allied Reduction of Colmar Pocket, 20 January-9 February 1945
Poland, 1945: Russian Offensive to the Oder – Operations 12 January-30 March 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War
China-Burma, 1941: Third Burma Campaign – Slim’s Offensive, June 1944-March 1945
2 posted on 01/18/2015 4:41:55 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: Homer_J_Simpson

January 18, 1944:


"The Soviets liberated Budapest, Hungary, in January and February 1945.
Upon arrival, the Red Army discovered thousands of Jews who had been murdered by the Nazis.
Although it became quite common for the Allied armies to uncover grisly evidence of the crimes committed by the Germans, even the most battle-hardened soldiers could not view such scenes impassively."

" Star of David marks a safe house on Kossuth Platz in Budapest, Hungary.
In the last months of the war, diplomats--especially the Swedes and the Swiss--sought to protect as many Jews as possible from the rampant violence unleashed by the Arrow Cross, the Hungarian Fascists.
When the city fell to the Soviets early in 1945, some 120,000 Jews survived to be liberated, among them 25,000 in safe houses. "

"These four French women were accused of collaborating with the Germans while France was occupied during the war.
After the war, revenge was exacted upon female collaborators through such acts of public humiliation as shaving their heads and undressing them.
Male collaborators were often treated even more harshly--sentenced to prison or executed.
Yet many important collaborators escaped punishment for years, being protected by influential French government and Catholic Church officials."



15 posted on 01/18/2015 9:40:21 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson