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
Homers posting history .)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
2 posted on
06/16/2012 5:31:27 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Watched a 60 minute documentary on the battle of Attu the other day called “red, white, black and blue”. It’s on Netflix, and possibly YouTube.
6 posted on
06/16/2012 8:39:20 AM PDT by
vpintheak
(Occupy your Brain!)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
June 16, 1942:
- "The American chargé d'affaires in the Vatican, Harold Tittmann, reports to the State Department that Pope Pius XII is adopting 'an ostrich-like policy towards atrocities that were obvious to everyone.' "
7 posted on
06/16/2012 4:47:26 PM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective....)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
- A Washington University cyclotron crew moves the first 300 pounds of uranium nitrate hexahydrate (UNH) into their cyclotron in order to receive a months worth of bombardment, 50,000 microampere-hours.
8 posted on
06/17/2012 3:22:02 PM PDT by
CougarGA7
("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
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