[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 .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Papua, New Guinea, 1942
Japanese Advance, 21 July-16 Sept. 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Southwest Russia, 1942: German Advance to Stalingrad, Operations, 24 July-18 November 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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September 10, 1942:

• September 10-12, 1942: "In Belgium, foreign Jews are seized in Antwerp.
  They are sent to a camp in Mechelen, Belgium, and then to forced labor in northern France."

"A child in a Ustasa children's camp in Sisak, Croatia.
The Independent State of Croatia, led by the Ustasa movement, implemented a full complement of anti-Jewish legislation modeled on the Nuremberg Laws.
The first concentration camp in Croatia was established early in 1941.
In many camps men, women, and children were strictly segregated."

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[Peter W. Kessler]

Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Canada:

http://ia701200.us.archive.org/0/items/1942RadioNews/1942-09-10-CBC-Mackenzie-King-Three-Years-Of-War.mp3

[Castlebar]

Dear Lord, what kind of people were we then?

Who are we now?