[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 .)
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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
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

Plus a special guest map from Churchill’s The Grand Alliance -
Diagram to Illustrate Operation “Battleaxe”

[abb]

Note that Hanson W. Baldwin has picked up on the upcoming German invasion of Russia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_W._Baldwin

[CougarGA7]

In Joseph Goebbels' diary today he makes a comment on how he feels the invasion of Russia is going to go. It won't be long before he starts to reverse this estimate.

The Führer estimates that the operation will take four months, I reckon on fewer. Bolshevism will collapse like a house of cards.

[CougarGA7]