[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

[PeterPrinciple]

15. Can you pair the following American Army slang terms - armored cows, bubble dancing, Chicago atomizer, sugar report, galvanized gelding with their definitions:
a) dishwashing
b) a letter from a girl
c) tank
d) canned milk
e) automatic rifle

[CougarGA7]

Where did they get that picture of MacArthur? It looks like it was taken just before he gassed the Bonus Army.

[CougarGA7]

• "It must be understood that without a rapid and plentiful supply of track rollers, track links and bolts for the Mark IV and track bolts for the Kpfw 38(t) the number of available panzers will sink further, so that the combat strength of the panzer regiments will be greatly weakened. Still especially urgent is the delivery of fully operational motors, gearboxes, oil and specialized panzer grease." - LVII Panzer Corps

• Mogilev finally falls to the Germans when the defenders inside run out of ammunition and food. 35,000 Soviet prisoners are taken.

• The pocket around Smolensk is finally closed by units of Hoth's Panzer Group 3.

[PeterPrinciple]

SAYS NAZIS ARE WORRIED

Jay Allen Reports German in France Fear U.S. Action

..................”They are fearfully preoccupied over what America is going to do.” He said. “When I was released on Sunday to be taken to Paris the officers of the court-martial were convinced that the consular train was the last train out and the relations had been broken. They were very depressed.”

“”It's good to have seen the Nazis close up all these months because I know how worried they are, how pathetically unsure they are. They know well that everything depends now on us and the are haunted by apprehension.”

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This is interesting as the reporter was detained in military prison and probably spent some “real” time with German officers. The reporter was interviewing them while they were asking him questions.

Relates to the cartoon, Don't monkey with the buzz saw.