[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
Malaya, 1941: Topography-Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-January 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – Operations of the Japanese First Air Fleet, 7 December 1941-12 March 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – American Carrier Operations, 7 December 1941-18 April 1942
Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive-Japanese Fourth Fleet and South Seas Detachment Operations, December 1941-April 1942
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Centrifugal Offensive, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942-Fourteenth Army Operations on Luzon
Netherlands East Indies, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-April 1942, Sixteenth Army and Southern Force (Navy) Operations
Southern Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive (and Continued Operations), January-May 1942
Eastern Europe, 1941: Soviet Winter Offensive – Operations, 6 December 1941-7 May 1942

[BroJoeK]

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January 12, 1942:

"The seeds of the postwar Nuremberg Trials are sown when China and nine European nations pass a resolution to try Axis leaders for war crimes "whether they have ordered them, perpetrated them or in any way participated in them.""

"To encourage Lódz's Jews to participate in the deportations, the Germans distributed, according to the ghetto's chronicle, "twelve thousand pairs of warm underwear, earmuffs, gloves, stockings, socks, and clogs."
This child is dressed for the frigid conditions to be experienced on the deportation trains."

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[Free Vulcan]

Thank God for all our soldiers who were outgunned and outmanned in the fallout of Pearl Harbor and gave it right back to the Japs. Their sacrifice isn’t mentioned enough.

[CougarGA7]

Though I’ve seen mention of Japanese parachutists before in these reports, this is the first one I know of that’s legitimate. From what I know there were three paratroop operations conducted by the Japanese in 1942, the first was the parachuting into Manado in the Celebes yesterday, the second will be at Palenbang on the island of Sumatra on February 14th, then the third will be at Koepang on Timor, February 20th. All of them will suffer a rather high loss rate and these unites wont be used outside a defensive capacity again until December of 1944 on Leyte.

[CougarGA7]