[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
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
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

[skeeter]

The article refers to the Battle of Tassafaronga. I guess it could be called a strategic victory for the US, 'cause the Japanese were unable to deliver most of of the supplies they carried.

But it was definitely not a tactical win as the US lost a heavy cruiser with three more badly damaged in exchange for one Japanese destroyer. It also should have cost a US admiral his job.

[HenpeckedCon]

It’s amazing that other than the German General Staff most people were still ignorant of the disaster that was happening to the Germans on the Eastern front. I imagine even the Russians expected the Germans would retreat from Stalingrad. It was only the courage of the German soldiers that the war lasted over 2 more years.