[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
South Pacific Area Operations: Capture of New Georgia, 21 June-27 August 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

[Persevero]

How do you get access to archives like that? I’d love to read old newspapers but can not find a place on the web that gives me access to them.

[Tenlein]

It never occurred to me before, but were flame throwers used in the European Theater at all, or just in the Pacific? Were they used in the Pacific mainly because of the caves the Japanese built, thus they wouldn’t be useful in Europe?

[rotstan]

In section 6 there is an article about a U-Boat mutiny involving 6 boats in Norway. I’ve never heard of such a mutiny and am unable to find any references of it via search engines or the usual U-Boat websites. Does anyone have any knowledge of this or of any references that discuss it?