[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
German Assault on Crete, May 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

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Friendly reminder:

Those gliders were made in America.

[reg45]

I noticed, on page 11, that the Nazis had their own version of 0bamacare.

[Nakota]

Leaving today for Crete to visit my son stationed at NSA Souda Bay. How ironic. I plan to visit the War Memorial on Crete.

[Larry381]

I noticed a little blurb in today's Times concerning the German divisions massed along the Rumanian border. It would appear that in the spring of 1941 the only ones not predicting a German attack on the Soviet Union was Stalin and the great mass of Russian and German soldiers facing each other along that border.
A personal note. One of my uncles had enlisted in the Wehrmacht in December of 1940 and was at this time stationed with his division somewhere in Poland. His unit would (eventually) take part in the invasion but according to him one of the rumors floating around then was that Soviet and German troops were about to train together for some mysterious mission in the Middle East.