[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
Southwest Russia, 1942: German Counteroffensive, Operations, 19 February-18 March 1943
Tunisia, 1942: Situation 22 April and Operations Since 26 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

[BroJoeK]

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March 13, 1943:

• "A bomb plot is attempted against Hitler, but explosives disguised by General Henning von Tresckow as bottles of brandy fail to explode aboard Hitler's private plane.

• "The SS establishes Ostindustrie GmbH (East Industry, Inc.) in Poland to organize and exploit slave labor in and around Lublin.
  The project is supervised by Odilo Globocnik."

"Accompanied by high-level German military officers, Jozef Tiso engages in friendly conversation with Hitler.
As leader of Slovakia, Tiso allowed the deportation of Jews, although he had the power to intervene and did so in a few cases.
Although some 25,000 Jews still resided in Slovakia, the deportations halted in March 1943, perhaps because the Nazis wished to focus on making other areas 'Jew free'--or perhaps because many of the remaining Jews were skilled laborers useful to the Nazis."

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