[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
Battle for Northern Entrance to Ormoc Valley, 16 November-14 December 1944 (from 32d Infantry Division website)
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, 8 November-15 December 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

[Tax-chick]

Page 1: “Smokers Facing Match Shortage.”

And only yesterday, Eisenhower was enforcing draconian penalties against people selling cigs at a free-market price in Paris.

For tobacco users, if it’s not one darn thing, it’s two darn things.

[niteowl77]

On November 25, my uncle's infantry company (Company E, 2/47) was cut up in the initial attempt to take the Frenzerburg ("Die Burg Frenz"), a "water castle" in the Weisweiler-Langerwehe area. Having already suffered heavy losses while taking Hücheln, Co. E was very briefly taken out of the line and put into reserve. The Frenzerberg was where, on the 26th, PFC Carl Sheridan won the Medal of Honor at the cost of his life.

When one looks at the maps, the distances between successive engagements in the Roer River offensives are almost unbelievably small in proportion to the human toll that was exacted.

Mr. niteowl77