[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
Soviet Summer and Fall Offensives: Operations, 17 July-1 December 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

[BroJoeK]

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August 27, 1943:

• "All the Jews working at a cement factory at Drogobych, Ukraine, near the Janówska labor camp, are murdered.
  One of the victims is Dr. Mojzesz Bay, a 36-year-old graduate of the Sorbonne."

"Two Jewish partisans, weapons at the ready, prepare for battle.
Heeding the call of Abba Kovner to fight rather than to surrender to their oppressors, young people from the ghettos of Vilna and Kovno, Lithuania, tried to escape and join the partisans.
Most groups were poorly armed and sometimes faced hostility from antisemitic partisans who hated the Nazis for reasons other than the persecution of Jews.
Fired by a desire for revenge, Jews formed partisan groups like Ha-Nokem, founded by Vilna Jews, and Kadima, started by Jews from Kovno."

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