[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

[Rebelbase]

German Star Wars and US cell phones. WWII changed everything.

[chajin]

The bombing of Okayama basically burned down the whole city, since it was made of mostly wood-based buildings. Also as the article pointed out, Okayama was a transportation hub: even today, from Okayama you can go north to Tottori, NW to Matsue, east to Kobe/Osaka and on to the Kanto, west to Hiroshima and on to Kyushu, and south (via ferry at the time) to Shikoku. The only other ways to Shikoku were from Kobe via Awaji-shima, except that by this time Kobe was also a cinder, and from Onomichi across the Seto island chain to Imabari and from there to Matsuyama, except that there was no longer a reason to go that way since Matsuyama was also a cinder. In hindsight, it’s a bit surprising that they didn’t bomb Okayama earlier to disrupt the transportation of military ordnance and survival goods, but the factories at Nagoya and Yokohama were hit first.

[DUMBGRUNT]

The Battle of Mount La Difensa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLG4F4eqkA

From Page 10

Amazing, great men all, and this is just from one short article of one days paper.

I have spent many years on rock and ice, also a couple in the RVN.
I cannot imagine mixing of the two in the dark.
WOW!

[Dartman]

Seems to me we could use a little of that massive bombing tactic right about now. Guess where?

These surgical strikes by hi tech fighter/bombers aren't working. At all.