[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
German Invasion of Russia – Operations, 22 June-25 August 1941
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[Tainan]

Pg 6. Interesting story of the appointment of William "Wild Bill" Donovan as head of the newly created 'Coordinator of Defense Information.'
This morphed into the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), which later became the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.).

[CougarGA7]

• "Immediately organize a powerful and coordinated counterstroke by all available forces from the Smolensk, Rudnia, Orsha, Polosk, and Nevel' regions to liquidate the enemy penetrations at Vitebsk. Do not weaken the Orsha and Mogilev front....Support the counterstroke with all front air forces and the long-range bomber aviation corps....Conduct active operations along the Gomel' and Bobruisk axis to exert pressure on the rear of the enemy's Bobruisk grouping." - Army-General G.K. Zhukov to Timoshenko's Western Front

• 550 German planes have been destroyed so far in Operation BARBAROSSA with another 336 damaged. This is about 40% of all combat ready aircraft that was available to the Luftwaffe at the beginning of the conflict.

• Kirponos withdraws the headquarters of Kostenko's 26th Army into front reserve ordering it to attack to the northwest to link up with Potapov's 5th Army.

• The German 1st Cavalry Division has lost a total of 2,292 horses since the beginning of the operation BARBAROSSA with only 1,027 captured horses to offset the losses.

• The citadel at Brest finally falls to German forces.

[fnord]

definitely sports !