[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 .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
The Balkans, 1941: Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, April 1941
North Africa – Rommel’s First Offensive, 24 March-15 June 1941
Marcks’ Plan, August 5, 1940
Operation Barbarossa (Dir. 21), December 18, 1940
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[PzLdr]

Three things of interest about North Africa today. The photo of the Me 110s [I didn’t think the Germans would use them as day fighters this late], the way, in their communiques, the Germans refer to ‘German and Italian units’, while the “Eye-ties” refer to “Italian-German” forces, and most importantly, the fact that none of the three players have mentioned Rommel by name. For the Germans, it shows how unimportant, in the larger scheme of things, North Africa is, considering they’ve already mentioned List, Von Weichs and Sperrle in their Balkans communiques.