[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]

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

[Vaquero]

CHAMBERLAIN LIVES!!!

[dfwgator]

Baseball players hawking cigarettes?!?!?!?!

[investigateworld]

Waaahhh!!!

Class even on a Sunday?

(But thanks)

[BroJoeK]

"Army Buys 329 Speedy Tanks at $6,000,000; First Step in Mechanizing of Ground Forces"

"...The army order is being handled at the Rock Island (Ill.) Arsenal."

"Rock Island Arsenal started work on a new medium tank, based on the design of the M2 Light Tank..."

M2 Medium Tank:

In theory, these tanks could match German Mark III's, but not in reality.
They were not even close to Mark IV's. So they were obsolete before completed.

German Mark IV -- 262 produced before Polish campaign, another 223 soon after.:

Only about 100 M2 Medium tanks were produced before changing over to the more "modern" M3 Lees & Grants: