[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

[Pan_Yan]

20 questions on current events from 1941 is not easy.

[iowamark]

These are tragic days for Iraqi Jews:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhud

http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/farhud.html

http://www.bankingonbaghdad.com/archive/hnn20041018Farhud/7773.html

[PzLdr]

Glad to see Singapore is ready for any attack...

[iowamark]

Wikipedia: Admiral of the Fleet The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham:
[Admiral] Cunningham was determined, though, that the "navy must not let the army down", and when army generals feared he would lose too many ships, Cunningham famously said:

"It takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition."

(Churchill, Winston; The Second World War Volume III, "The Grand Alliance", Chapter XVI Crete: The Battle. p.265)

[CougarGA7]

Crete is pretty much wrapped up today. In the end the Germans will have suffered 6,000 casualties, with 2,000 dead compared to the British who had 2,000 men killed and an additional 12,000 taken prisoner.

[HenpeckedCon]

Das Dritte Reich at it's zenith. Who could have imagined that they had less than 4 years before they were utterly wiped off the face of the Earth?