[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”.)
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.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

This is the fourth day in a row with an eight column headline that begins “HITLER . . .”

On Monday, August 28, the Berliners watched troops pouring through the city toward the east. They were being transported in moving vans, grocery trucks and every other sort of vehicle that could be scraped up.

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Developments in Europe – 2
Fuehrer Insistent* – 2-4
Hitler Note and Paris Communique – 5-6
Reich Fliers’ Garb Common in Danzig – 7
Poles Dig Trenches and Watch Soccer – 8

* Attn: VaRepublican – More on the Lansing Note at image #4.

All The Things You Are

[cmj328]

Ping to the article, 4th image from the top, bottom right, entitled "FOE OF NAZIS KIDNAPPED". A forgotten martyr?

Karl Emil Klos was forced to desert from the German steamship Karnac last year, when it was discovered he had distributed leaflets defending his Roman Catholic faith against Nazi attacks.

Google reveals nothing on the man.

[Durus]

Who knew hitler was a Danzig fan? It kind of makes sense though.

[iowamark]

Hitler assumed that the British and French would back down, as they had always done before.

[PAR35]

There was a question a few days ago about the Lansing note. The story today provides all of the details.

And, again a Polish provocation - a food blockade of the free city.

[CougarGA7]

A couple more audios today.

Sigrid Schultz from the Chicago Tribune reporting from Berlin

CBS News

[Colonel_Flagg]

As usual, an absorbing and compelling read. Thanks for this daily post.

[luvie]

Will history repeat itself on our shores. I PRAY not!

[dfwgator]

And if he got Danzig and Corridor, then he would next ask for Warsaw. Hitler wanted war, and he would have just increased the stakes until he got it.