[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Advance on Moscow – Operations, 26 August-5 December 1941
North Africa, Auchinleck’s Offensive, 18 November-31 December 1941
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – Major Japanese War Objectives and Planned Opening Attacks

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Due to the expanding amount of news I need to prepare for posting and the demands of my regular day job I am forced to curtail my excerpting from outside sources for the time being. I still plan to post from a new source that other readers might not have available, but any excerpts from “At Dawn We Slept,” “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” Churchill’s histories, and others will have to come from you all. I feel it is both educational and entertaining to have more complete and often more accurate later accounts of our continuing story presented to balance this “first draft of history,” as perceived by the New York Times.

And thanks to everyone for the enormous contributions you already make. This project wouldn't work without your participation.

Tank Fight Wanes – 2-3
Axis Sees British Blocked in Libya – 3
Libyan Offensive Viewed as Crucial – 3-4
The International Situation – 4
Donets Units Move – 4-6
The Day in Washington – 6
Stimson Charges Finns Hamper Aid – 6-7
Kurusu Parleys Reveal No Basis for Negotiations – 7
Bullitt is Named Near East Envoy – 7-8
British Make Sorties Into France; Keyes Says His Plan was Blocked – 8
Lewis for New NLRA (by Arthur Krock) – 9
Unemployment Study is Ordered by Lehman – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-11
Nazis Claim 4 Ships in a Speedboat Raid – 11
Japanese Flame Thrower vs. Chinese Walled Town (photo) – 11