[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 .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
North Africa – Rommel’s First Offensive, 24 March-15 June 1941
Marcks’ Plan, August 5, 1940
Operation Barbarossa (Dir. 21), December 18, 1940
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[xp38]

In later years he ran a chain of gas stations out of Spandau prison.

[bunkerhill7]

OBUMMER, DESERTING HOLDER, FLIES TO IRELAND; TRUMP REPORTS HIM MISSING AND INSANE (5/23/11)

[freedumb2003]

For once, it was true: “This Fokker was in a Messerschmidt...”

(actually this is a fascinating read on a major event of the War)

[CougarGA7]

Also in today’s news:

Hitler released the Barbarossa Directive (Document No. 97) which calls for the army to execute all civilians who ‘attack’ German soldiers. This order includes those who commit acts like distributing leaflets or refusing to follow German orders.

This order sets the stage for some of the more violent acts against the Soviet civilians committed by the Wehrmacht.

[TheSarce]

The little blurb at the bottom of panel 5 may answer a mystery I’ve wondered about for over a decade. I briefly met a guy in California on a couple of occasions whose last name was Hess, and he said he was somehow very closely related to THE Rudolf Hess. Unfortunately, I either didn’t ask or can’t remember the exact story. I’ll bet he’s descended from the man in the blurb, and is a nephew.