[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

[rotstan]

Richard Sorge provided all the info Comarade Stalin needed: http://www.spymuseum.com/pages/agent-sorge-richard2.html

[PzLdr]

Duranty’s still alive, and writing for the Times. Pity.

[CougarGA7]

I have a recording by Churchill today. The quality of the recording is pretty bad but its interesting nonetheless.

BBC - Winston Churchill - Until Victory is Won

Also today in Germany: With the invasion of Russia looming on the near horizon the War Economic Staff issues a request to the 17th Army asking that the oil region of Drogobycz in Galicia be occupied as soon as possible.

Behind the scenes there are many that are seriously worried about the shortage of war materials even before the invasion starts. Two of the most critical shortages are tires and oil.