[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
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

[BroJoeK]

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July 8, 1942:

• "Seven thousand Lvov, Ukraine, Jews are murdered at the Janówska, Ukraine, labor/extermination camp.

• "Jewish partisan Vitka Kempner and two others leave the Jewish ghetto at Vilna, Lithuania, carrying a land mine with which they hope to disable a German military train located five miles southeast; See July 9, 1942.

"Men from all over Occupied Europe volunteered to serve in national regiments fighting on the side of the Germans.
These Danish troops volunteered for a variety of reasons.
Some hoped that service alongside the Germans would be an advantage after what they considered an inevitable German victory.
Others fervently supported National Socialist ideology; they were attracted by the Nazis' glorification of the "Aryan race" and/or supported the Germans' antisemitic policies.
Such motives were cleverly played upon by ideologically seductive recruitment posters and other Nazi propaganda devices that were common in occupied nations."

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[CougarGA7]

• Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley and General Douglas MacArthur send a joint message to Washington calling attention to the lack of sufficient planes, ships, supplies, and port facilities to conduct operation WATCHTOWER. The Joint Chiefs ordered MacArthur and Ghormley to get the task completed but did allow them to delay D-Day to August 7th.

• The Japanese Navy appropriates 2,000 yen ($4,700) towards answering the question of whether or not they should begin working on an atomic bomb.