[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
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

[CougarGA7]

Couple of items today. First I have Walter Winchell's Sunday report today.

NBC - Walter Winchell

Todays topic covered by Winchell are:

- Terms of Surrender in Ethiopia
- Wife of Rudolf Hess is Arrested
- Goodwrench Strike Averted
- FDR Jr in Car Accident
- Shipyard Fire in Philadelphia
- Notable Births
- 69 Aliens Arrested by the FBI
- "I Am America" Rally
- The Nightingale Explodes in the Atlantic (an Orange Crush?)
- Battle Plans for Nazis in Middle East and Africa
- Hess' Flight to Scotland
- Turkey is Lost to Britain as Ally
- Vichy on American Food Aid (and consequences)
- Support for FDR
- Egart: Strike Agitator and Communist
- Dies Committee on Communist Activity
- Nazi Sympathizer send Letter to America
- Spanish Cabinet to be Reorganized
- Norwegian Resistance Paper
- Navy to Accept Men Aged 17 to 50

Also today on the nuclear front, Glenn Seaborg is continuing his work with plutonium (still called element 94 at this point):

Segrè and Seaborg conduct a test today showing that plutonium's cross section for slow-neutron fission is about 1.7 times that of U²³⁵ making it a better source for a nuclear weapon than uranium provided that enough of it can be produced.

[Seizethecarp]

Thanks for your efforts!

What a day in history! Bismark gets loose and fighting in Iraq and Libya...

The bio of the German “Lawrence” was fascinating, too. Now I have to look up what happened to him...