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 and the occasional radio broadcast 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 Luzon, P.I., 1941: Invasion of Luzon and the Advance to Manila, 9 January-4 February 1945
The Philippine Islands: Leyte Island and the Visayas, 1944 – Sixth Army Operations Mindoro and Marinduque Islands, 13 December 1944-24 January 1945
The Ardennes Area, 1944: Operations, 26 December 1944-16 January 1945
Eastern France and the Low Countries, 1944: Territorial Changes along the Front, 16 December 1944-7 February 1945 and Allied Plan for Rhineland Campaign
Southeastern France 1944: German Offensive, 1-30 January 1945 and Allied Reduction of Colmar Pocket, 20 January-9 February 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War
China-Burma, 1941: Third Burma Campaign – Slim’s Offensive, June 1944-March 1945
January 11, 1944:
- January 11-14: "Hungarian Fascist Nyilas thugs enter 'protected' Jewish houses throughout Budapest, murdering dozens of residents.
The bodies of many are hurled into the Danube River.
Elsewhere in Budapest, Nyilas members surround the Jewish Orthodox Hospital.
They torture 92 patients, doctors, and nurses, killing everyone except a single nurse."
"A Red Army soldier films a destroyed crematorium at Auschwitz.
The dismantling of crematoria at Birkenau happened in phases.
Crematorium IV was destroyed in the Sonderkommando uprising of October 7, 1944, while rebellious Jews demolished II on November 25.
The remants of II, III and the still operational V were blown up by the Nazis in late January 1945."