[Homer_J_Simpson]

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. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Areas under Allied and Japanese Control, 15 August 1945
The Western Pacific: Japanese Homeland Dispositions August 1945 and Allied Plans for the Invasion of Japan (Operation Downfall)

[central_va]

Another story on page 20 calling the lack of an invasion of the Hawaiian Islands the biggest tactical and strategic mistake made by the Japanese.

The conquest of the Hawaiian Islands would have altered the entire strategic picture in the Pacific

[chajin]

Cf. the marriage blurb towards the bottom of today’s news: it was actually Dick Powell’s third marriage, with Blondell being his second wife; his first was Mildred Maund, a model from his home state of AR. Powell and Allyson, whose real name was Eleanor Geisman, stayed married until his death from lung cancer in the 1960s. Louis B. Meyer had wanted Allyson to marry Van Johnson, and the only way Allyson got Meyer to consent was to have him give away the bride (both Allyson’s father and stepfather had died while she was growing up).

[PeterPrinciple]

No Word from Yamashita

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoyuki_Yamashita

Yamashita used delaying tactics to maintain his army in Kiangan (part of the Ifugao Province), until 2 September 1945, after the surrender of Japan, where his forces were reduced to under 50,000 by the tough campaigning by elements of the combined American and Filipino soldiers including the recognized guerrillas. Yamashita surrendered in the presence of Generals Jonathan Wainwright and Arthur Percival, both of whom had been prisoners of war in Manchuria. Percival had surrendered to Yamashita after the Battle of Singapore.

[iowamark]

British Army today: 81,000

[GeronL]

How would DDT stop Polio exactly

[Lurking Libertarian]

Thanks for posting that photo of Temple Emmanu-El (on p. 18). My wife and I got married there, 35+ years ago.