[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
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

[CougarGA7]

• General Guderian resists the suggestion that the Yel'nya salient be abandoned since he felt it would represent a significant victory for the Soviet forces.

• Schweppenburgs' XXIV Panzer Corps eliminates a pocket at Krichev taking 16,000 prisoners, 76 guns, and 15 tanks.

[BroJoeK]

August 13

"Belgian Walloon Volunteers for the Struggle Against Bolshevism take an oath to the Führer and commander-in-chief, Adolf Hitler.
Nazi anti-Marxism was one of its most attractive features in the eyes of many Europeans, and Hitler and his henchmen used it to recruit volunteer soldiers from all of the occupied countries."

"Soldiers with a Wehrmacht propaganda unit film the anti-Jewish riot that began with the German occupation of Lvov on June 30, 1941.
The Nazis incited the Ukrainians to seek revenge against the Jews.
They then filmed the murderous four-day rampage to demonstrate how much even their own Ukrainian countrymen hated the Jews.
Some 4000 died in the pogrom."