[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 .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
The Philippine Islands: Leyte Island and the Visayas, 1944 – Sixth Army Operations on Leyte and Samar, 17 October-30 December 1944
Northwestern Europe, 1944: 6th and 12th Army Group Operations, 15 September-7 November 1944
Northwestern Europe, 1944: 21st Army Group Operations, 15 September-15 December 1944
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Balkan and Baltic Campaigns – Operations, 19 August-31 December 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

[Bringbackthedraft]

Vinegar Joe Stilwell relieved of command, because of the constant friction between him and the Chiang Kai-sheks. Chiang kept getting $$$$$ and lend lease supplies but wouldn’t commit his Army on the scale that they should have been. He was just stock piling for his war against Mao. Stilwell did trained a couple of good Chinese divisions but Chiang was more worried about Mao than the Japanese. Stilwell was one our most under rated generals. Had he had a command in Europe, he may have out shined Patton. Patton would have gone nuts if he had to deal with Chiang. To me Stilwell will always be the unsung hero of WW II. (He also had to deal with Mountbatten, who was another head ache for him.) Over the years the CBI has been treated as a side show. (Except for Operation Burma, with Errol Flynn)

[Mikey_1962]

On Page 4:

Capt Erhard Dabringhaus of Roseville MI.

More on him here:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1945/04/08/page/7/article/steak-3-times-a-day-in-nazi-serfs-utopia

He was instrumental after the war in using former Nazis as intel sources in the fight against Communism.