[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

[drago15]

OK, GREAT!! After a rocky start it looks as if we are getting our act together and can really win this thing!!

Yea for the good guys!! :-)

[BroJoeK]

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July 15, 1942:

• "The first deportation train leaves Holland (from the Westerbork transit camp) for Auschwitz. "

"As his comrades look on, a German soldier offers food to a barefoot and hungry Croatian child.
Axis military victory led to the division of Yugoslavia.
Croatia became a Nazi puppet state, led by the Ustasa.
The Ustasa persecuted any who opposed them, including Serbs, leaving those fortunate enough to survive hungry and homeless.''

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[SSS Two]

FOG OF WAR

1. The Yorktown was put out of action, the communique stated, but this report put to rest the general belief that a carrier, already announced as hit, had been sunk.

The Yorktown was indeed sunk at Midway.

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2. The heavy cruiser Mogami and Mikuma were sunk, and three other damaged.

The Mogami was damaged, but not sunk. (The Mogami was later lost after the Battle of the Surigao Strait in 1944.)

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3. Three unnamed [Japanese] battleships were damaged, one severely.

I'm not aware of any Japanese battleships that were damaged at Midway.