[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 .)
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.

[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

[Mikey_1962]

Berlin Radio says Stalingrad Army in trap will fight “to the last cartridge”

Well, not quite.

110,000 German soldiers surrendered at Stalingrad.

Only about 6,000 ever returned to Germany twelve years later in 1955.

75,000 died within 3 months of capture. They may have been the lucky ones.

[colorado tanker]

Camp Forrest was not named for the trees, but for Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. It became a major training center.

Here, students at the Bakers and Cooks School are apparently learning how to butcher quarters of beef.

After the war the Army declared it surplus, but the Air Force picked it up and made it Arnold Air Force Base. Today it is a major Air Force test facility.