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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.

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Papua, New Guinea, 1942
Allied Advance Across Owen Stanley Mountains, 26 Sept.-15 Nov. 1942
Allied Reinforcement by Air and Advance to Buna, 14 Oct.-15 Nov. 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

October 16, 1942:

"The Nazis arrest more than 1,000 Jews in Rome and deport them to Auschwitz."

"German Jews deported to the East had to leave their property behind.
This photograph shows the auction of abandoned Jewish property in Hanau.
The German government not only benefited from the profits brought by such sales, but, just as important from an ideological perspective, real estate was "Aryanized."
The ability to purchase Jewish property at rock-bottom prices encouraged the local population to support the deportations."

On Page 4 Meyer Levin did not live long afterward.

New York, Feb. 18 1943 (JTA) –
Sgt. Meyer Levin, the Jewish boy from Brooklyn, who first broke into the headlines as bombardier on the plane piloted by Capt. Colin Kelley which sank the Japanese battleship Haruna, and who then went on to write aerial history in the Pacific skies, is dead, the War Department has notified his family. Levin, the holder of three decorations for gallantry in action, died when his bomber was shot down in the New Guinea region, the official report stated.

The son of Sam and Leah Levin, the young bombardier was the first American Jewish hero of the war. Only a few months ago the Borough of Brooklyn, where he lived, declared a special “Meyer Levin Day” and a large celebration was held outside his home. Prominent political figures paid tribute to his heroism and a plaque listing his exploits was presented to his parents.

Levin, who was only 26, was in the Philippines when the war broke out and fought there until last March when he was evacuated to Australia. His decorations included the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and the Oak Leaf Cluster. He joined the Air Corps in June, 1939.