[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
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

[real saxophonist]

Damn, 71 bombers = 700 people. Thanks for posting these, BTW.

[EternalVigilance]

Enjoyed reading the thread this morning, as always. Thanks.

[BroJoeK]

---

April 18, 1943:

• April 17-18: "Hitler meets with the Hungarian regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, at the Klessheim Castle, near Salzburg, Austria, to encourage the deportations of Hungarian Jews.
  Horthy refuses to acquiesce.

• April 18: "Word leaks into the Warsaw Ghetto of German plans for the ghetto's destruction; See April 19, 1943.

• "Nearly 3,500 Jews from six Polish towns are transported to Jaworow, Poland, and shot.
  Resisters who escape to nearby forests are led by Artur Henner and Henry Gleich; most will subsequently be killed by German troops."

"Harry Baur, one of the most esteemed actors of the French and German cinemas, was among the Nazis' victims.
Born in 1880, Baur established an international reputation, starring in such films as Les Miserables, in which he played Jean Valjean, The Life and Loves of Beethoven, and Crime and Punishment.
While some stars of both stage and film fled Europe for the United States, others were unable or unwilling to do so.
Accused of being an Allied agent, Baur died on April 20, 1943, while in Nazi confinement."

---

[daniel1212]

Thanks for posting

[PeterPrinciple]

“A Japanese made slide rule, absolutely precise.............................was an instrument in the successful bombing of Japan a year ago today..............

Everyone of the thousands of calculations which went ito the power control charts was worked out on the Japanese slide rule giveen to Johnson as a gag a few days before.”