[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
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

[Chad N. Freud]

In the article on Paulus (not von Paulus) and his generals: at this early date, the generals are all already polishing up their “we were only following orders” defense. If I could go back in time, I’d warn the Allies to start thinking up a counter-argument to this claim.

[BroJoeK]

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February 10, 1943:

• "A cable devised by several U.S. State Department officials is sent to the U.S. legation in Bern, Switzerland.
  The cable suggests that the American consul in Bern should no longer transmit information about Jewish atrocities 'to private persons in the United States.'

  The cable is sent by Breckinridge Long, Ray Atherton, James Dunn, Elbridge Durbrow, and John Hickerson.
  Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau's staff will later describe the cable of February 10 as 'the most vicious document we have ever read,' designed 'by diabolical men' and intended to suppress information on the 'Final Solution.'
  'We don't shoot [Jews]. We let other people shoot them, and let them starve.'
  Secretary Morgenthau observes that 'when you get through with it, the [State Department's] attitude to date is no different from Hitler's attitude.'
  Secretary Morgenthau's assistant, Randolph Paul, describes the State Department officials involved in America's refugee policy as an 'underground movement...to let the Jews be killed.' "

"The American-born artist Gideon captured the horrors of war and the Nazi atrocities through the medium of art. His use of color, texture, and haunting images convey the pain and suffering of those caught up in the Nazi whirlwind.
The tragic faces of the almost monochromatic art piece juxtaposed with the linked chain and barbed wire evoke the prison motif associated with Nazism."

"The vibrant colors of this piece, also by Gideon, suggest the intense heat of the inferno that was Auschwitz."

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[Rebelbase]

Page 6 article about the USS Wahoo. Unfortunately, she was sunk in sept. 1943. Leaking oil as she exited the Sea of Japan through the trail was discovered by Jap ASW elements and she was depth charged.

Her wreck was discovered a few years ago.