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
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general discussion thread Couple of items from my notes today. First I have a comment made by Field Marshall Bock on his concern on the positioning of Panzer Group 3 for operation BARBAROSSA. Hoth's Panzer Group 3 is the northern prong of Army Group Center's two panzer group pincher design:
"The initial deployment of Panzer Group 3 for the attack is difficult. Hoth is casting his eyes beyond the Dnepr and Dvina from the very outset and is paying scant attention to the possibility of attacking and defeating enemy forces which stand and fight somewhat farther forward" - Field Marshal Fedor von Bock
Meanwhile, across the pond Patton is making good headway with his 2nd Armor Division. He writes General Malin Craig on the subject:
"We really have a very fine division with and excellent spirit...The thing I try to impress on them is that all members of the Armored Force...must be imbued with a desprate determination to get forward and must not permit themselves to be stopped by any obstacle. If I can get this across, we will be very hard to beat."
