[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
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Tunisia 1942: Axis Initiative-Situation 14 February 1943, and Operations Since 1 January
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

[PapaNew]

Someday when I have about a million years, I’d like to read all this stuff. I didn’t see any mention of Patton. Was this before he took over the American forces in north Africa?

[Colonel_Flagg]

Great as always, Homer.

I find it fun today that perhaps the most interesting piece of reading is at the end — the review of the classic “Guadalcanal Diary”, which is required reading for any serious student of the era.

[Seizethecarp]

I see that the alleged sinking of the Haruna on Dec 11, 1941 is still being claimed...

[BroJoeK]

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January 21, 1943:

• "SS men in the Warsaw Ghetto fire into windows and toss grenades.
  The Jews resist and the Germans soon withdraw, leaving behind 12 dead.

• January 21-24: "Two thousand Jews from the Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, camp/ghetto are deported to Auschwitz.
  Some 1,760 are gassed on arrival, including patients from the Jewish mental hospital at Apeldoorn, Holland, as well as about 50 of the hospital's nurses who accompany the patients to lessen their terror."

"Hans Nelson and Hildegard Neumann were among the Nazis stationed at the Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, camp/ghetto located just outside of Prague.
Their wholesome, clean-cut appearances belie the nature of their work.
As ghetto superintendents, the two contributed to the deaths of thousands of Jews imprisoned at Theresienstadt."

"Throughout the first half of 1943, Theresienstadt guards Nelson and Neumann functioned as parts of an elaborate system that deported Jews from Germany, Austria, and the Protectorate to the camp/ghetto."

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