[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

[BroJoeK]

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March 31, 1942:

• "German troops raid the Minsk (Belorussia) Ghetto, searching for and arresting Jewish Resistance leaders."

• "March-October 1942: Approximately 60,000 Slovakian Jews are sent to death camps."

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[fso301]

Notice the p1 article mentioning a Master Sargent/Chief Petty Officer received monthly pay of $126 prior to the announced $12 monthly increase to $138.

Per BLS inflation calculator, $126 in 1941 was equivalent to $1,951.40 in 2012 dollars. The $138 in 1941 was equivalent to $2,137.24 in 2012 dollars.

It's easy to understand why at 4 times the pay plus bonuses, men volunteered for the AVG "Flying Tigers".

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