Posted on 05/23/2013 4:28:53 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions 11
Palestine Zionists Find Outlook Dark (by Julian Meltzer, first-time contributor) 12
Strategy of Offensive in Pacific Area Posed (Shalett) 12-13
Japanese Camps Under Fire 13
Answers to Twenty News Questions 14
The New York Times Magazine
A Tour of the Road to Victory (by Hanson W. Baldwin) 15-18
Blueprint for a World Government (by Harold E. Stassen, first-time contributor) 19-22
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/may1943/f23may43.htm
British bombers strike Dortmund
Sunday, May 23, 1943 www.onwar.com
Over Germany... The Battle of the Ruhr. More than 2000 tons of bombs are dropped on Dortmund in the heaviest RAF Bomber Command raid to date.
On the Eastern Front... In the Caucasus, the German 17th Army continues to counterattack. Soviet forces continue to hold the offensive.
In the Aleutian Islands... On Attu American forces make some progress along the Clevesy Pass.
In the United States... Mississippi river flooding continues. In total, 150,000 people become homeless.
In Washington... The Trident Conference continues.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm
May 23rd, 1943 (SUNDAY)
GERMANY: Berlin: Dönitz orders all U-boats to be fitted with anti-aircraft guns.
Tonight the RAF drops 2,000 tons of bombs on Dortmund. 100,000 tons of bombs have been dropped on Germany since the war began.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS:
On Attu Island, the Americans begin a two-pronged attack on Fish Hook Ridge located southwest of Attu Village between Chichagof Harbor and the east arm of Holtz Bay. The 4th Infantry Regiment attacks the west face while the Southern Landing Force attacks the east face. The attacks are stopped cold by the Japanese.
The USAAF’s Eleventh Air Force dispatches six B-24 Liberators and 12 B-25 Mitchells to fly three air-ground support missions over Attu but due to bad weather, they are rerouted to attack Kiska Island. Weather there is also poor and only one B-25 bombs the Main Camp area. Next, three B-24s and 18 P-38 Lightnings fly three air cover missions to Attu. The last of these missions is notified by a USN PBY Catalina that 16 Japanese bombers are west of Attu and five of the P-38s intercept the bombers over the island; the bombers jettison their bombs and close formation but five are shot down and seven are listed as probables; two P-38s are lost.
A Navy construction battalion lands on Attu to begin construction of an airbase.
U.S.A.: The USS New Jersey BB-62 is commissioned. The sister ships of the Iowa class are: USS Iowa, USS Missouri and USS Wisonsin. She displaces 45,000 tons, with a length of 887 feet 7 inches, a draft of 38 feet and beam of 108 feet 1 inch. Powered by 4 Westinghouse turbines fired by 8 boilers, with 212,000 shaft horsepower, she has a top speed of 33+ knots. She will carry a crew (WWII) of 120 officers and 3,000 enlisted men. Nine 16”/50 cal guns in 3 turrets are the main armament, with 20 5”/38 cal dual purpose guns in twin mounts for the secondary armament. AA weapons include 64 40mm AA guns in 16 quad mounts and 49 20mm AA guns. She carries 3 Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes.
Frigate USS Reading laid down
Submarine USS Dorado launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: A Fairey Swordfish Mk. II, aircraft “B” of No. 819 Squadron in the escort aircraft carrier HMS Archer, damages the German submarine U-752 in the North Atlantic with rockets and the sub is scuttled by her crew in position 51.40N, 29.49W; 17 of the 46-man crew survive. This is the first successful sinking of a U-boat using rockets. (Jack McKillop)
"The teacher of a heder (Jewish religious school) interacts with students in the Jewish Quarter of Casablanca, Morocco.
Most of Morocco's 200,000 Jews lived in the French-controlled part of the country.
Early in the war, Moroccan Jews were the victims of violence perpetrated by French nationalists.
Jews were attacked and many were deported to labor camps."
Somehow, I don't think this meant the same thing then as it does now.
Harold Stassen... there's a name we may see again.
I don't think I want to know what it means in 2013.
Quite a statement when compared with the "Blueprint for a World Government" by Gov Stassen on pg 21.
Love the article on Pearl Harbor salvage. The Naval Historical Center has an excellent on-line library of photographs. The link to the general site (which I have bookmarked) is:
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm
There are a number of images at the site relating to the damaged ships of Pearl Harbor and the salvage operations. The salvage of the Oklahoma, in particular, was an impressive engineering feat and shows just how extensive the military resources of the United States were during the war. This ship could easily have been written off and left to rust while more important work was done on new ships. But we salvaged the hulk of a ship we were pretty sure would never see action at great expense and effort because we could.
The link below shows photos of salvage of the USS Oklahoma:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-ok9.htm
The next link is of the damage and salvage of several other ships:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-salv.htm
The next link is photos of the salvage of the West Virginia:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-wv9.htm
Finally, this last link shows the before & after photos of West Virginia:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/bb48.htm
As badly damaged as she was, the reconstruction was remarkable. She was fitted with modern radar and fire control, her secondary armament and anti-aircraft suite were upgraded to modern equipment and standards. Except for her speed, which was not significantly upgraded, Wee Vee came out of the reconstruction a modern battleship. So too did Tennessee and California. Oddly enough, the ships at Pearl that had the least damage (Nevada, Pennsylvania) were also the least upgraded during the war.
Interesting in the article about objections out West to how cushy the Japanese-American internees have it that a whites-only sign is referred to by the author as a “trade barrier.”
...and again....and again...and again....
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Today’s paper is the first time I recall the word “holocaust” being used to refer to what the Nazis were doing to Europe’s Jews.
On the other side of the ledger, Colorado Governor Ralph Carr (a Republican) welcomed the internees and said this in a public speech: "If you harm them, you must harm me. I was brought up in a small town where I knew the shame and dishonor of race hatred. I grew to despise it because it threatened the happiness of you and you and you."
Sakura Square is a place in Denver built by Japanese-Americans, with shops, restaurants and a Buddhist temple. There is a monument to Carr there:
Some internees stayed on out here. I've known a couple of people interned during the War and I have been amazed by their ability to forgive and move on.
The Pearl Harbor battleships would take their revenge in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battleship to battleship surface action, part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
I haven't seen it used that way before either. ("Palestine Zionist Find Outlook Dark," pg. 12, para. 3.) A noteworthy find.
Thanks for pointing that out!
Here is the context:
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