[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

[beebuster2000]

intersting that saburu karusu had an american wife, alice.
he continues to meet with Hull, and is the one who delivers the (late) final note, after Pearl Harbor attack has begun.

he is interred in Arkansas and later exchanged for the US Ambassador to Japan via Mozambique.

As far as I can tell, there has never been any evidence he knew in advance of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Although reading all of the above, it seems pretty clear that Japan is giving an ultimatum and the US is refusing to alter it’s position on the embargo, china, or axis power treaty by Japan.

[fso301]

Something has me suspicious that this Japanese envoy being dispatched to Washington is a head fake.

[CougarGA7]

• The South Seas Detachment is formed for operations by the Japanese against Guam and the Bismarck Archipelago.

  NBC - BULLETIN - A Blockade Runner has Been Captured in the Atlantic