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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 03/04/2015 4:18:17 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Final Operations on Luzon, 3 February-20 July 1945
Southeast Asia, 1941: Final Allied Offensives in the Southwest Pacific Area 19 February-1 July 1945
West-Central Germany and Belgium, 1945: The Rhineland Campaign – Operations, 8 February-5 March 1945
Eastern France and the Low Countries, 1944: Summary – The Rhineland Campaign, 8 February-21 March 1945
Poland, 1945: Russian Offensive to the Oder – Operations 12 January-30 March 1945
The Western Pacific: Allied Invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa (Operation Iceberg), 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 03/04/2015 4:19:12 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

8 posted on 03/04/2015 5:22:32 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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My wife's uncle, who died several years ago, told of how his unit crossed the Rhine. They marched across it. They were ordered ahead at a reasonably shallow part. With full gear, they marched across. He could not swim, but it was no help, anyway, since their gear weighed too much to carry by swimming. When they got to the deepest parts, they would keep marching, holding their rifles high, and jump out of the water to breathe.

I wish now that I would have asked more about where, when, and what units.

9 posted on 03/04/2015 5:34:00 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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Fighting Lady was the USS Yorktown


31 posted on 03/04/2015 12:53:53 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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