[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. Also visit our general discussion thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
German Invasion of Russia – Operations, 22 June-25 August 1941
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[PzLdr]

The Churchill is “the world’s deadliest tank”? Don’t the Brits talk to the Russians? Don’t they talk to their troops fighting in Africa? Do they send what they’re smoking to front line units?

[CougarGA7]

[CougarGA7]

• 4th Panzer Division cuts off 10 to 12 thousand Soviet troops in a forest near Cherikov. But after taking around 2,000 prisoners decided to let the rest escape to the Soviet lines rather than try and contain their attempted breakout with their own depleted forces.

• Kleist's panzers approach Tarashche and Uman' enveloping the 6th and 12th Armies.

• The OKW war diary describes Hitler's feeling on the capture of Moscow: "In this regard it could then happen that Panzer Group 2 turns to the south so that for the thrust on Moscow only infantry armies of Army Group Centre remain. This eventuality does not worry the Führer because Moscow is for him only a geographical term."

• Timoshenko assaults German positions with the five operational groups assigned to him from Belyi to the north to Rosalvl' in the south.

• The Vichy government, after failed appeals to the United States and Germany for help, concedes Indochina to Japan. The agreement allowed the French to maintain control over the civil government, but allows for 50,000 troops to occupy the country.

[Ditter]

Did you watch WW2 on the History Channel last night? Some really interesting old films never before seen.

[Rebelbase]

Page 6, article: Russian describes his town’s battle.

Citizens fight off small scale German infiltrations with bluffs and Molotov cocktails.