[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
Attack on Buna Mission, 18-28 Dec. 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Tunisia 1942: The Race for Tunisia-Situation 1 January 1943, and Operations Since 17 November 1942
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 13 December 1942-18 February 1943
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

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

By the time the German counterattack to relieve the Stalingrad pocket was launched, it was way too late. The Soviets were constricting the pocket like an anaconda and the weather was far too miserable for such an attack to succeed. Moreover, the Soviets were now threatening to cutoff German divisions still in the Caucuses further south of Stalingrad, so FM von Manstein had to focus his efforts on getting them out and preventing yet another German army from being trapped and encircled. The only chance the Sixth Army trapped inside the Stalingrad pocket was in the first or second week of the encirclement, when it had the strength to break out. But Hitler stubbornly refused any breakout attempt over-ruling the finest military minds (and common sense) thus condemning an entire army to a very grisly fate.

[deadmenvote]

1st thank you for your work.
How many people lost the questions from this day.
Page 10 question #4.

The answer is on page 20