[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
Southern Okinawa: Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru, 1945 – Tenth Army Operations, 10 May-30 June 1945
Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands, 1945: Japanese Thirty Second Army Defensive Dispositions, 1 April 1945
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
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War

[The_Victor]

I’m seeing a pattern in the NYT editors’ decision since VE day. The war used to get exclusive headlines, and now you can barely find the start of the war articles in page 1.

[chajin]

Pershing was a six-star general? Never knew there was such a thing.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Willie and Joe, Bill Mauldin...

I’m privileged to have an original copy of “Up Front.”

It’s one of my most cherished books.

[PAR35]

First I’d heard of Emilo Pucci’s role in saving the Ciano diaries. I had thought he had switched sides when Italy did in 1943, but apparently he stayed with the Fascists until he fled to Switzerland.

[bert]

Included in todays news paper clippings is an article on the arabs.

I would suggest posting it as a separate thread. It very well summarizes the history and events that are being wrestled with still today. As a matter of fact, the events of today are the winding down after 50 years of the events at the close of WW II.

Most here tend to argue and comment on the events in Syria and Iraq as if they are current and un related to events before their personal horizons. As Rush says this could be an educable moment with the thread and the article