[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
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[iowamark]

The best thing that Herbert Hoover could have done for Republicans would have been to stay away from their convention. But he was still bitter from 1932 and FDR’s refusal to talk with him after the election.

[Western Phil]

FDR’s obsession with gold reminds me of the Hunt brothers with silver.

[Verginius Rufus]

Wow. Italy got Djibouti (French Somaliland) as a prize after declaring war on France in June 1940. I have read a lot about World War II but never knew that.

Still, Mussolini would have been smarter to stay out of the war.