[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
Battle of Bataan, 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – American Carrier Operations, 7 December 1941-18 April 1942
Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive-Japanese Fourth Fleet and South Seas Detachment Operations, December 1941-April 1942
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Centrifugal Offensive, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942-Fourteenth Army Operations on Luzon
Netherlands East Indies, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-April 1942, Sixteenth Army and Southern Force (Navy) Operations
Southern Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive (and Continued Operations), January-May 1942
Eastern Europe, 1941: Soviet Winter Offensive – Operations, 6 December 1941-7 May 1942
North Africa, 1940: Rommel’s Second Offensive, 21 January-7 July 1942

[SouthTexas]

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[Rebelbase]

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[fso301]

Baldwin’s P11 article about long range bombing is interesting in that at this stage of the war, the U.S. had a plane in the B-19 which while experimental, could in theory have bombed Tokyo from Australia, Midway and the Aleutians.

[CougarGA7]

For those interested in this first book on MacArthur in World War II by Francis T. Miller you will find that he covers quite a bit. Including Captain Colin Kelly's sinking of the battleship Haruna (which was actually sunk in July, 1945 at Kure Naval Base and I think I remember it was re-floated and then scraped), and the suicide of Masaharu Homma (who was actually executed by firing squad in April 1946 in Manila). It's always interesting when the history is written before the fog of war has lifted.