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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

2 posted on 05/22/2011 5:59:07 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

I question the accuracy of parts of the following excerpt. Most accounts I have read imply strongly that Germany was winning the Battle of the Atlantic in 1941. And Lend-Lease supplies were not “pouring into Britain” because Lend-Lease was only a couple of months old and U.S. production was still getting geared up. Also, much of what was being shipped was getting sunk during the crossing. Maybe I am being too hard on Shirer. I am interested in learning what the wise guys among us have to say on this. – Homer.

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

3 posted on 05/22/2011 6:00:02 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))