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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.

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Soviet Summer and Fall Offensives: Operations, 17 July-1 December 1943
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
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
New Guinea and Alamo Force Operations: Clearing the Huon Peninsula and Securing the Straits, 19 September 1943-26 April 1944
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944

October 2, 1943:

"The Danish people rescue about 7,000 Jews, only 500 of whom are captured by the Germans.
The 500 seized by the Germans are sent to the Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, camp/ghetto; all but 77 will survive the war.
The Danish government will persistently check on the health and welfare of the Jews who were sent to Theresienstadt, enabling almost all of them to survive to war's end.
"The first Jewish Palestinian paratroopers land in the Balkans.
These Jews agree first to help organized non-Jewish underground units on behalf of the British war effort.
Only then, unsupported, will the British allow them to aid other Jews."

"Moshe Gildenman, also known as "Uncle Misha," commanded a partisan unit in the Ukraine.
After the Nazis killed his wife and daughter on May 21, 1942, Gildenman and his surviving son formed a rebel group that attacked German farms and Ukrainian police centers.
When his unit was incorporated into a general partisan group in 1943, Moshe volunteered for the Soviet Army.
He emigrated to Israel in 1950 and died in 1958."

"Seeking to prevent people from fleeing the Minsk (Belorussia) Ghetto for the forests, this bilingual sign warns against climbing through a fence.
Although the penalty was death, many in the ghetto took the risk.
Guided by daring children, some as young as 11, entire families sought safety in the forest, where many joined the family camp and partisan unit of Shalom Zorin."