[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” 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. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Norway, 1940 – Operations in Southern and Central Norway, April-May 1940
Evolution of Plan Yellow, October 1939-January 1940
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[Berlin_Freeper]

Mad about Max Manus
Norwegian film Max Manus generated talk around its Toronto International Film Festival release in 2009. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, it tells the story of Manus (played by Aksel Hennie), a budding resistance fighter during the oft-overlooked German occupation of Norway during WWII. The film moves slowly through Max’s personal history, flashing back to his experiences on the field during the Winter War and showing his development as a saboteur and undercover agent during the occupation period.

Hennie’s performance is the centrepiece of the film, as his portrayal of Max as a young, idealistic man evolves along with the story. As his friends are slowly picked off by the Gestapo, Max must face the consequences of his sabotage missions until he becomes a haunted, nerve-wracked alcoholic. The transition is fluid, played contrapuntally to the Gestapo officer (Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer, played by Ken Duken) who is looking to capture Max once and for all.

[CougarGA7]

It would appear that the reports on the capture of Narvik are a bit premature.

The commander of the land forces to attack Narvik was a mere major-general by the name of P.J. Mackesy, who only met the peppery and three times more exalted Lord Cork for the first time in the Lofoten Islands off Narvik on April 15, when troop convoy NP1 arrived. They immediately fell out. Cork wanted to attack at once; Mackesy pointed out that the transports had been incorrectly loaded, so that immediately needed equipment was underneath less urgently needed supplies in the holds. Cord was appointed supreme commander on the 20th, but it still took until 28 May 1940 to capture Narvik with the assistance of General Sir Claude Auchinleck - four days after the British and French decided to abandon Norway altogether. Once again, in the opening days of June, very nearly all the 30,000 men of the abysmal Narvik enterprise were brought back safely - British, French, and Poles. Norway was written off because rather more serious disasters threatened further south. - The Atlantic Campaign, Dan Van der Vat, p. 159.

I wonder what Lord Haw Haw has to say about it?

RSH - Lord Haw Haw - Scandinavian Update