[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
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

[Hugin]

Interesting they waited over 3 months to tell the public that an aircraft carrier had been sunk. Can you imagine keeping that under wraps today?

[iowamark]

It is amazing that they kept the loss of the Yorktown secret for three months!

[Rebelbase]

Thanks for the daily work you do posting this series.

Do we know if the Japanese knew the Yorktown had been sunk?

And it’s refreshing to see an Abercrombie and Fitch ad without any metrosexuals in it.

[CougarGA7]

The story of the men playing Acey-Ducey trapped on the Yorktown gave me a chill.

[jughandle]

Thanks for posting! I’ve seen these threads often, but this is the first I’ve read. Hard to believe that is from the New York Times, how times have changed.

[PAR35]

Page 5 may set a record for a bad set of headlines. A guy in Alabama had such good eyes that he saw a plane crash in Arizona. Then 6 killed, but the bodies of eight officers and two enlisted men recovered from wreck.