[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 .)
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]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Evolution of Plan Yellow, October 1939-January 1940
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[CougarGA7]

Edward Murrow reports on the debate in the House of Commons. You can pretty much see the writing on the wall.

CBS - Edward Murrow on Non-Confidence Debate

Transcript:

This is London. I spent today in the House of Commons. The debate was opened by Herbert Morrison, one of the ablest members of the Labor Party. He doubted that the government was taking the war seriously. Mr. Morrison said that the Labor Party had decided to divide the House. In other words call for a vote. Mr. Chamberlain, white with anger, intervened in the debate and accepted the challenge. In fact, he welcomed it. He fairly spat the words. He said he had friends in the House and he appealed to them to support him. When he had finished, Mr. David Lloyd George rose and placed his notes upon the dispatch box. And members surged into the room from both doors as though the little square gray-shouldered white haired Welshman were a magnet to draw them back to their seats. He swept the House with his arm and said, “If there is a man here who is satisfied with our production of planes, of guns, of tanks, or the training of troops. Let him stand on his feet.” No one stood.