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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 .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread
1 posted on 06/10/2011 4:41:10 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: 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
2 posted on 06/10/2011 4:42:14 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The only real casualty of the day’s melee was a Carl Crowley, one of the strike captains, who suffered a slight wound in his right thigh from a bayonet.

He was prodded a little too vigorously by a soldier when he was slow to obey a command to move on. Although the wound bled considerably, doctors a the Police Emergency Hospital discharged him after cleansing the injury . They said there should be no complications.


What is a Police Emergency Hospital?


8 posted on 06/10/2011 6:00:47 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( getting closer to the truth.................)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I like how the clothing store advertisement includes that it’s “air-conditioned”.


12 posted on 06/10/2011 6:35:29 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Robin_Moor

“Eventual rescue

When the Robin Moor was stopped, the Germans had forbidden the ship’s crew to touch their wireless, but after the sinking U-69’s captain Jost Metzler reportedly promised the ship’s crew to radio their position. Yet nearly two weeks passed before any of her four lifeboats of survivors were discovered. As President Roosevelt would later state in a message to Congress regarding the sinking, the survivors were “accidentally discovered and rescued by friendly vessels.” The lifeboat containing the captain and 10 others was rescued on 8 June after 18 days, and taken to Brazil. The occupants of that boat presumed that the remaining crew and passengers were lost, but they later learned that the three lifeboats containing the others had been discovered by chance on June 2, 13 days after the sinking, and taken to South Africa. Remarkably, all of the crew and passengers were rescued. One rescued crew member, however, later jumped overboard apparently due to the lingering effects of the ordeal, and drowned.”


13 posted on 06/10/2011 7:46:39 AM PDT by Western Phil
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