[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 delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime”.)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

There are too many images for a single thread today. The regular news and headlines will be in the following thread. This post represents the discussion on the first Sunday after a full week of the war.

New of the Week in Review

America is Mobilized as a Watchful Neutral – 1-2
Germany is Off Again on a War of Conquest – 3-4
Vast Differences From 1914 Are Noted by Paris – 5-6
German Gains in Poland Add to Task of Allies – 8-9
Sea Action Key to Strategy – 10
AMERICA WEIGHS ITS WARTIME ROLE – All Sections Hold We Must Keep Out – 12-14
Roosevelt Seeks Unity Before Congress Acts – 15-16

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 19-22

[Renegade]

Put me on a ping list for this thread.
Thanks !

[PowerPro]

These are amazingly fascinating.

Thank you for posting.

[tcrlaf]

Candian Broadcasting Company-Canada declares war on Germany

Broadcast Date: Sept. 3, 1939
War!
On Sept. 10, 1939, a special session of Parliament approves Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s request that Canada join the war in Europe. The decision, seen by most Canadians as inevitable, comes exactly one week after England and France declare war on Nazi Germany.
It is the first time that Canadians make their own declaration of war as a sovereign nation.

CBC Audio of the announcement is HERE:
http://archives.cbc.ca/on_this_day/09/10/

[nutmeg]

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[BroJoeK]

By Edwin L. James:

"Twenty-five years ago Germany invaded Belgium and started the World War. Her aim was one of conquest. In general, the Kaiser sought for the Reich a "place in the sun" which would have put every one else in Europe in the shade and, specifically, he sought a sizable slice of Northern France and enough of Belgium to bring him to the Channel ports. There were four years of holocaust and six million men died before, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, he was defeated in 1918. Maybe it should have lasted past that eleventh hour.

"Now Germany has invaded Poland d and started another war of conquest. This time Germany strikes first to the east instead of to the west. but the main idea is the same -- hegemony of Europe..."

Note some key phrases here:

• Germany invaded Belgium and started the [First] World War.
• Her aim was one of conquest.
• In general, the Kaiser sought for the Reich a "place in the sun"
• There were four years of holocaust and six million men died
• Maybe it should have lasted past that eleventh hour

For sure, these were common-place accepted, indeed personally remembered truths in 1939. Today they are not part of many "politically correct" histories, which emphasize the tragedy and senselessness of it all, and how all were to blame, so none were really to blame, etc, etc.

It's especially eerie to see the words "holocaust" and "six million" side-by-side here in September 1939. Spooky.