[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
Advance on Moscow – Operations, 26 August-5 December 1941
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – Major Japanese War Objectives and Planned Opening Attacks

[BroJoeK]

September 17, 1941

"A general deportation of German Jews begins."

"German police and possibly members of an Einsatzkommando murder Jews who stand helpless in a trench.
Because of the sandy soil, this image may be of an Aktion carried out by Einsatzgruppe A along the coast of the Baltic Sea in Lithuania, Latvia, or Estonia.
Although many German soldiers claimed after the war that they had no choice but to shoot when ordered to do so, the fact is that incidents of punishment of men who refused to participate in execution murders were rare.
Men who perpetrated such atrocities did so because they wanted to."

[PeterPrinciple]

“First the British must proceed with the business of clearing Germans out of Iran, as well as rounding up others they have marked as undesirable persons, the most notable being the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. ...............................

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The introduction of another character on the world stage................

[CougarGA7]

• Kirponos receives permission to abandon Kiev.