[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
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

[Jacquerie]

“A USAAF North American B-25 Mitchell sights an IJN aircraft carrier off Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands but this report is not forwarded to the U.S. Navy. “

Gee, thanks Army.

[CougarGA7]

• A day after the conclusion of war games, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto issues Imperial General Headquarters Navy Order No. 18, which directs the Commander in Chief Combined Fleet to "carry out the occupation of Midway Island and key points in western Aleutians in co-operation with the Army."

• British forces land in Madagascar in an effort to prevent the Japanese attempting to take control of the island.

[CougarGA7]

One more addition for today. From "General Wainwright's Story":

And it was there, at 11:55 P.M. on that night of May 5, 1942, that I got the word that had to come. The phone rang and it was General Moore. His voice was enough. I hardly needed his words:

"The Nips are landing out near North Point!" he said.

I went directly to his command post in the tunnel and for the rest of that dreadful night I alternated between that post and the command post of Lieutenant Colonel Beecher, U.S.M.C., just inside the eastern entrance of the tunnel. Colonel Beecher was in command of the eastern sector of the beach defense.