[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
Kursk and Vicinity 1943: Battle of Kursk, 4 July-1 August 1943
South Pacific Area Operations: Capture of New Georgia, 21 June-27 August 1943
New Guinea Force Operations: Capture of Salamaua and Lae, 29 June-16 September 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
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944

[InABunkerUnderSF]

"6 JAPANESE WARSHIPS BELIEVED SUNK IN FIGHT, 4 DAMAGED"...

Actually the Japanese lost two destroyers. Ainsworth got whipped at Kula Gulf.

We still hadn't figured out the capabilities of the Japanese Long Lance torpedo. Next week off Kolombangara Admiral Ainsworth will get another lesson.

[Chad N. Freud]

P. 7:

Germans blame air war on cities on Allies....

So, the Germans blame the bombing of civilian centers Warsaw and Rotterdam on the fact that “they made themselves fortresses” {— what else were they supposed to do, under attack?}

and the August bombing of London on an accident?

OK.

Hitler deserves to be shot in the head.

... Oh.

[colorado tanker]

The German propaganda piece on the bombing war is just laugh out loud ridiculous. I wonder how much of Goebbels domestic propaganda was this ham handed.