[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
Battle of Bataan, 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

[iowamark]

Another great post, Homer.

I speak as an expert on the Second World War. I have seen every episode of Hogan’s Heroes.

[C19fan]

The Japanese fleet had the Long Lance, Type 93, torpedo which was devastating at the Java Sea battles. The Dutch ships exploding below the waterline were due to the torpedos and the HMS Exeter was taken down by one.

[fso301]

There is an old saying about the speed of the leader setting the speed for the team

Admiral Hart, commander of the Asiatic Fleet based in the Philippines responded to news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by ordering the USS Houston, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet along with the cruiser USS Boise and other elements of the Asiatic Fleet to weigh anchors and sail from their Philippine ports south towards the safety of Australia rather than seeking out the enemy.

[GeronL]

The EXETER looked like a tramp steamer ready for gentlmanly battles with smugglers.

Lane Bryant... military clothes for all occasions...