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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.
1 posted on 05/13/2010 4:58:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST, 1940, Situation 16 May, and Operations Since 10 May
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939
2 posted on 05/13/2010 4:59:22 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Japanese are getting testy


11 posted on 05/13/2010 6:52:27 AM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
The Nazi secret weapon has me especially intrigued. "Secret weapons" were big back then.
This movie was released in 1943:


17 posted on 05/13/2010 8:10:48 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
I haven't gotten a chance to look at this issue yet. Maybe tonight.

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21 posted on 05/13/2010 8:59:40 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (In order to dream of the future, we need to remember the past. - Bartov)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; henkster; Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Here is some more on the Panic of Bulson from The Blitzkrieg Legend.

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Lucius, you'll see that one of the colonels didn't need to get shot. He took care of that. It really is a strange set of events that shows how the fog of war can sometimes have a domino effect of catastrophic proportions.

26 posted on 05/13/2010 4:02:19 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (In order to dream of the future, we need to remember the past. - Bartov)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Two last items for today that I almost forgot.

First here is a report from Bernard Stubs on the BEF moving into Belgium with transcript.

BBC - Bernard Stubbs on the BEF Advance into Belgim

(Crowd cheering)

Here standing on the Franco-Belgium frontier, were watching long columns of British troops and transports and supplies and guns coming through from France into Belgium.

(Crowd cheering)

Just on this frontier there’s a little village which is presumable half French and half Belgium since it stretches on both sides and almost the entire village has turned out and people have been standing in the street all day long and watching these transports coming up. The welcome given by the Belgium people is really tremendous.

(Crown cheering)

But the enthusiasm of the people in this part of Belgium makes a sharp contrast with the sufferings of the refugees from such places as Liège. We saw several lorry loads of these unhappy people and at one point on another road we met a straggling little party of Belgiums, old men and women, and children. Some of them with rogue blankets tied over their shoulders their few pathetic belongings strapped on their back or carried in cheap suitcases in their hands.

And next is the speech that Churchill made today that is also linked in the worldwarIIblogspot post. I have a transcript of that compliments of The Churchill Centre and Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms, London

BBC - Winston Churchill

Mister Speaker

On Friday evening last I received His Majesty's commission to form a new Administration. It as the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties, both those who supported the late Government and also the parties of the Opposition. I have completed the most important part of this task. A War Cabinet has been formed of five Members, representing, with the Opposition Liberals, the unity of the nation. The three party Leaders have agreed to serve, either in the War Cabinet or in high executive office. The three Fighting Services have been filled. It was necessary that this should be done in one single day, on account of the extreme urgency and rigor of events. A number of other positions, key positions, were filled yesterday, and I am submitting a further list to His Majesty to-night. I hope to complete the appointment of the principal Ministers during to-morrow. the appointment of the other Ministers usually takes a little longer, but I trust that, when Parliament meets again, this part of my task will be completed, and that the administration will be complete in all respects.

I considered it in the public interest to suggest that the House should be summoned to meet today. Mr. Speaker agreed, and took the necessary steps, in accordance with the powers conferred upon him by the Resolution of the House. At the end of the proceedings today, the Adjournment of the House will be proposed until Tuesday, 21st May, with, of course, provision for earlier meeting, if need be. The business to be considered during that week will be notified to Members at the earliest opportunity. I now invite the House, by the Motion which stands in my name, to record its approval of the steps taken and to declare its confidence in the new Government.

To form an Administration of this scale and complexity is a serious undertaking in itself, but it must be remembered that we are in the preliminary stage of one of the greatest battles in history, that we are in action at many other points in Norway and in Holland, that we have to be prepared in the Mediterranean, that the air battle is continuous and that many preparations, such as have been indicated by my hon. Friend below the Gangway, have to be made here at home. In this crisis I hope I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today. I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former colleagues, who are affected by the political reconstruction, will make allowance, all allowance, for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalog of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realized; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."

27 posted on 05/13/2010 4:22:20 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (In order to dream of the future, we need to remember the past. - Bartov)
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