[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”.)
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.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

[iowamark]

1939: "MOLOTOFF LAYS WAR TO ALLIES, BERATES US""

2009: "Bush's fault!"

[Erasmus]

Hey, Vyachiy, calm down. Here, have a cocktail.

[CougarGA7]

Report from Meeting of Advisory Committee on Uranium

From the meet on October 21 of the Advisory Committe on Uranium a report was sent to FDR that stated that "If the chain reaction could be controlled so as to proceed gradually, it might conceivably be used as a continuous source of power in submarines thus avoiding the use of large batteries for underwater power."

Additionally it went on to say, "If the reaction turn out to be explosive in character, it would provide a possible source of bombs with a destructiveness vastly greater than anything now known."

From this the committee recommended that they receive support to allow them to investigate this. The advised that the government should provide four tons of pure graphite that would allow Fermi and Szilard to measure the capture cross section of carbon and later if justified they would need fifty tons of uranium oxide.

The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes

[Homer_J_Simpson]

11/1/39 ping.