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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.
1 posted on 11/27/2012 4:23:28 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Papua, New Guinea, 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 19 November-12 December 1942
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Special Guest Map-November Race for Tunis (from Ike: An American Hero, by Michael Korda)
Tunisia 1942: The Race for Tunisia-Situation 1 January 1943, and Operations Since 17 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
2 posted on 11/27/2012 4:23:58 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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November 27, 1942:


"This title page of the Yugent-Shtime (Yiddish for Young Voice) portrays a hand crushing the symbol of Nazi oppression, the swastika.
Typed and duplicated in secret within the Warsaw Ghetto, the paper--the organ of the Bund's youth movement--reached hundreds of people.
Its writers and readers faced death if caught."


"The Donau steams with its cargo of Jews from Norway to Germany.
\ In November 1942 the ship sailed with 532 Jews aboard, 346 of whom were killed as soon as they reached Auschwitz.
Of the 763 Jews deported from Norway, on the Donau and on the Monte Rosa, only 24 survived the war.
Meanwhile, some 900 Jews evaded deportation by fleeing to neutral Sweden.
While the Norwegian church protested the deportations, puppet leader Vidkun Quisling aided the Nazis in making Norway 'Jew free.' "

"Numbering fewer than 2000 when Germany invaded Norway on April 9, 1940, Norway's Jews seemed an unlikely target for the 'Final Solution' as 1942 began, because ships, which were scarce, would be required to send them to Nazi killing centers in Poland.
That autumn, however, the German Navy made shipping available.
On November 26, 532 Norwegian Jews--including children, the elderly, and ill persons taken from hospitals--were deported from Oslo aboard the Donau.

"Rough seas delayed the dismally packed ship's arrival at the port of Stettin, Germany.
The Norwegian Jews were then sent by rail to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
They arrived at night on December 1.
A selection process sent 346 of them to the gas chambers immediately.
The remaining 186 were spared for labor, but within four months only about 20 were still alive.
Fewer still survived the Holocaust.

"In this relatively remote part of Europe, the Final Solution was quite thorough.
In all, 763 Jews were deported from Norway.
Only 24 returned.
Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about 45 percent of the Norwegian Jews.
By comparison, 80 percent of Jews in both France and Italy survived."



7 posted on 11/27/2012 6:26:29 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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11 posted on 11/27/2012 11:11:43 AM PST by CougarGA7 ("War is an outcome based activity" - Dr. Robert Citino)
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