[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
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

[MEG33]

I’m bookmarking this..

[King_Corey]

Page 7
Article about the General Heydrich assassination by Czech team. I advise everyone to watch the movie “Conspiracy” the HBO film and see how he coordinated the killing of millions of Jews and others in the Wansee meeting.

Just a WOW thing to see this in print from the day.

[GadareneDemoniac]

The article by the NYT reporter, Denney, is an interesting read. He is actually on our side, so the Times wouldn’t have him on the payroll nowadays.

[BroJoeK]

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June 7, 1942:

• "A Jewish woman who has escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto into the city proper is dragged back to the ghetto and shot.

• "The Jewish Yellow Star is made mandatory in Occupied France."

"A Nazi security officer photographs SS and Red Cross officials during a Red Cross visit to the Amersfoort concentration camp in the Netherlands.
The SS carefully controlled outside access to the camps, and all visits were meticulously staged.
Camps were decorated for the occasions and inmates received new clothing.
Even musical events were presented, to show that the prisoners were living under agreeable conditions."

"These children from the Polish town of Pitrokow Kujawski were shipped to Chelmno, where they were murdered in the camp's gas vans.
Though deportations from the nearby Lódz Ghetto to Chelmno began in January 1942, Lódz residents weren't aware of the death camp until summertime."

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[CougarGA7]

Here's the latest report on Midway attack. Not entirely accurate and certainly scripted. But it is another fun one to listen to.

MBS - Battle of Midway Island Special Broadcast