[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
Southwest Russia, 1942: German Summer Offensive, Operations, 7 May-23 July 1942
North Africa, 1940: Rommel’s Second Offensive, 21 January-7 July 1942

[CougarGA7]

• Belconnen intercepts a Japanese message discussing a land route from the northern Papuan peninsula to Port Moresby.

• Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki, commander of the Army detachment designated to land on Midway boards the Yamato to be briefed by Yamamoto on the Midway operation.

• A patrol plane from the South Seas Force (Rabaul) spots an enemy task force which they believe contains the Hornet and Enterprise.

[CougarGA7]

[BroJoeK]

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May 18, 1942:

• "The New York Times reports that more than 100,000 Jews have been machine-gunned by Nazis in the Baltic countries, 100,000 in Poland, and some 200,000 in western Russia.

• "During a public protest of Nazi antisemitism staged in Berlin by Herbert Baum and his followers, portions of "The Soviet Paradise," a government-sponsored anti-Bolshevik exhibition, are set afire.
  Most members of Baum's group, as well as approximately 500 other Berlin Jews, are arrested."

"One method the Nazis used to discourage rebellion was the shooting of hostages, especially women and children, in retaliation for acts of resistance.
Five women, about to fall victims to a firing squad, were among 100 Slovenians shot in the village of Celje in 1942.
The Nazis believed that the shooting of women and children would be especially effective in discouraging resistance activity.
Yet, even such atrocities did not completely halt the actions of the Yugoslavian partisans."

"Their work done, the 30 troops of the German firing squad in Celje turn on their heels, leaving their five victims sprawled awkwardly in death.
The bodies were removed on gurneys and taken to a mass grave for burial."

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