[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]

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

[wiggen]

And while they were printing the invasion force was off the coast of France.

[The KG9 Kid]

Meanwhile, the world's newspapers had yet no knowledge that the Battle of Midway had even happened. That ought to appear in tomrrow's thread when the first accounts started appearing in US papers.

Admiral Nagumo didn't detail an accurate battle report to the high command until the middle of June, after which the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to characterize the outcome of the Battle of Midway as a great victory. The Imperial Japanese Army still believed that the main IJN fleet still existed until at least July 1943. In the interim, the Japanese Navy was shuttling survivors of the battle off to distant and isolated island bases in the Eastern Pacific so that the story wouldn't leak out.

[fso301]

Interesting P12 mention by Sulberger about 50K Alsatians being called up and distributed no more than 4 per platoon.

Has anyone read The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer? Sajer claimed to have been an Alsatian. Any thoughts on the book?