[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 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.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
The Philippine Islands: Leyte Island and the Visayas, 1944 – Sixth Army Operations on Leyte and Samar, 17 October-30 December 1944
Northwestern Europe, 1944: 6th and 12th Army Group Operations, 15 September-7 November 1944
Northwestern Europe, 1944: 21st Army Group Operations, 15 September-15 December 1944
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Balkan and Baltic Campaigns – Operations, 19 August-31 December 1944
Northern Italy 1944: Allied Advance to Gothic Line, 5 June-25 August and Gains 29 August-31 December
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, April-December 1944 and Situation 31 December
China-Burma, 1941: Third Burma Campaign – Slim’s Offensive, June 1944-March 1945

[BroJoeK]

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October 26, 1944:

• "Munkács, Hungary, is liberated by Soviet troops. "

"Among the primary goals of Hungary's new Arrow Cross government was to cooperate with the Germans in their efforts to exterminate Hungary's Jews.
Pictured here are the leaders of the Arrow Cross movement at a rally held at the time of the coup that toppled the Horthy government.
Note the similarity between the Arrow Cross and Nazi salutes as well as similarly declarative insignia and symbology."

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[eartrumpet]

Wife’s family owns a farm on the San Juanico Strait just out of Babatngon. She says they were always finding jewelry and cartridge cases and other trinkets in the rice fields. They also found a few old bunkers or foxholes that were caved in. There was an old coconut tree with a shell hole right thru it that her dad finally sawed down due to danger to the house.

Her grandpa was a Philippine Scout and she said he was very proud of that. Said he qualified for a US military pension or something but refused, said he did his work for the Philippines. He did not like the Japanese.

She’s been reading the newspapers you’ve posted and says, “I walked to school past there” or “We used to go there to buy supplies”, etc.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Been waiting for this one. My late FIL fought in this engagement, and his escort carrier was sunk. He had stories to tell.