[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. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Northwestern Europe, 1940: Pursuit to West Wall – Operations, 26 August-14 September 1944
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Balkan and Baltic Campaigns – Operations, 19 August-31 December 1944
The Western Pacific, New Guinea, and the Philippine Islands: Allied Advances to the Palaus and Morotai, 30 July-17 September 1944 and Air Attacks on the Philippines, 7-22 September 1944
Northern Italy 1944: Allied Advance to Gothic Line, 5 June-25 August and Gains 29 August-31 December
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, April-December 1944 and Situation 31 December
China-Burma, 1941: Third Burma Campaign – Slim’s Offensive, June 1944-March 1945

[Stosh]

“Dachau: Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat-Khan (b.1914), WAAF, also known as the SOE agent Madelaine is executed at Dachau concentration camp. She had done highly risky work as an agent in France, and told the Nazis nothing after her betrayal.”

Caught my curiosity, so I followed up on Wikipedia - she appears to have been quite a remarkable woman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Inayat_Khan

It’s amazing how many ordinary people we’ve probably never heard of made incredible contributions and exhibited unbelievable heroism during that war.

And in contrast to the venal and incompetent clowns we have at all levels in this administration, it’s also somewhat depressing.