[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
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
North Africa, 1940: Rommel’s Second Offensive, 21 January-7 July 1942

[woweeitsme]

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[freedumb2003]

My mom told me stories about L.A. getting shelled a few times and how people in L.A. were truly afraid of being the next Pearl Harbor — she was a kid but some things you never forget.

[PzLdr]

Far be it for me to question the TIMES’ veracity, but Erwin Rommel won’t make Field Marshal ‘til, say, June 20th. Mighty prescient, though.

[BroJoeK]

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February 24, 1942:

"The ship SS Struma, flying a neutral Panamanian flag and carrying Jewish refugees fleeing from Romania, is sunk in the Black Sea after Britain pressures Turkey to turn the ship back from Istanbul.
More than 700 Jewish passengers attempting to save their lives by reaching Palestine are drowned.
Only one passenger survives; "

Photo believed to show the Struma in Istanbul

Photo of Soviet submarine which is believed to have sunk the Struma in Feb. 1942, killing 768 men, women and children, with only one survivor.

[BobL]

Thanks very much for posting this. I wonder what percentage of Americans know that the Japanese actually SHELLED our mainland during World War 2.

That certainly puts their internment in a different light, for me.

[jjm2111]

Please accept my continued gratitude for this series. Very enlightening.