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
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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 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
March 26, 1942:
- "The first transport of Jews sent by Adolf Eichmann's office goes to Auschwitz.
- The first transport of Jews (1,000) from Slovakia is deported to Auschwitz."
March 27, 1942:
"The first deportations of Jews from France to Auschwitz begin."
March 28, 1942:
"Fritz Sauckel is named chief of manpower to expedite recruitment of slave labor."
"Ustasa soldiers pose with the severed head of one of their victims.
The Ustasa (Insurgents) was a Fascist movement centered in Croatia.
Relatively few in number before the war, the Ustasa members came to dominate Croatia after the Nazi conquest of Yugoslavia.
Infamous for their cruelty, they murdered not only Jews but also Serbs, Gypsies, and their political opponents."