[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

[Rebelbase]

As always, thanks for all your hard work!

[BroJoeK]

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April 1942:

• Sobibór death camp is nearly operational; gassings begin in May.

• More than 4400 Jews die of starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto.

• The first transports of Jews arrive at the camp at Majdanek, Poland, which will begin gassing Jews later in the year.

• The London Sunday Times runs but does not highlight a news item about the Nazi executions of 120,000 Romanian Jews.

• German headquarters at Arras, France, is attacked by the French Resistance.

• In Russia, a collaborationist group, Druzhina (Bodyguard), is established and led by Soviet defector Lieutenant Colonel V. V. Gil.

• Jews are mocked and hanged at Mlawa, Poland.

"Action Française (French Action) was a Fascist movement that emerged in France in 1899.
Disillusioned with the chaos that characterized the Third Republic, the group began increasingly to admire Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
At the cornerstone of the movement's political program was virulent antisemitism complemented by hatred of Freemasons, Protestants, and French residents of foreign origin.
In the minds of Action Française members, these "enemies" had forced the group to fight a titanic battle for France's nationalistic and racial integrity.
Supporters of Action Française played an important role in the Vichy France regime."

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April 1, 1942*:

965 Slovakian Jews are deported to Auschwitz.
"When the Schultz clothing firm opened in the Warsaw Ghetto in September 1941, it employed approximately 150 workers to produce uniforms for the German Army.
By July 1942 there were nearly 4500 workers.
The massive deportations during the summer months, however, led to a precipitous decline in the number of employees.
The pictures shown here, a model of the complex and employees inspecting army uniforms, were part of an official album compiled by the firm's manager to demonstrate its importance and forestall its closure."

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April 3, 1942*:

This day's deportations from Augsburg, Germany, empty the town of Jews, ending a Jewish presence that was established in 1212.
They are deported to the Belzec death camp.
"The Schultz clothing company operated in Warsaw until early 1943, when the entire enterprise was transferred to the Trawniki, Poland, labor camp."

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* = Sorry, your intrepid "reporter" was again delayed in sneaking across the border with the day's latest news. ;-)

[Stevenc131]

The Japs were only 2 months away from being taught a major lesson in the Pacific at this point.

[CougarGA7]

• 1942 - A Japanese battle fleet launches an air raid on Ceylon in the Indian Ocean.

[CougarGA7]

A fine tribute to America's 1st Aircraft Carrier.

Here's some footage of the Langley in 1922 as the Navy was going through the learning curve of landing on a flattop.

Early Carrier Landings - CV1 Langley

[Lancey Howard]

The now-frequent tales of heroism (page 3) break my heart and make me wonder what happened to America?
How did we let the Democrats slowly destroy this nation during the past 50 years?