[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
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]

The Flexmaster shoes for $11.95 would cost $166.91 in 2012 dollars. Pricey, pricey.

[fso301]

Interesting p3 article mentioning New Guinea natives returning to their old headhunting and cannibalism.

Someday, I will spend time reading more Australian accounts of fighting in New Guinea. Already in 1942, the Australians were encountering instances of the Japanese soldiers committing acts of cannibalism more ritualistic in nature than survival based. By the late war years, Japanese soldiers bypassed in New Guinea were engaged in wider spread cannibalism.

Filipino guerrillas knew the Japanese were cruel but as Japanese troops began being withdrawn from New Guinea to the Philippines, Filipino guerrillas reported that the Japanese from New Guinea were bestial in their savagery.

A 1950's japanese movie Fire on the Plains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6_AOoideM set in the Philippines, in 1945 touched on the cannibalism by Japanese troops in New Guinea as well as cannibalism by Japanese troops in the Philippines.