[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 and the occasional radio broadcast 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
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Invasion of Luzon and the Advance to Manila, 9 January-4 February 1945
The Ardennes Area, 1944: Operations, 17 January-7 February 1945
Eastern France and the Low Countries, 1944: Territorial Changes along the Front, 16 December 1944-7 February 1945 and Allied Plan for Rhineland Campaign
Southeastern France 1944: German Offensive, 1-30 January 1945 and Allied Reduction of Colmar Pocket, 20 January-9 February 1945
Poland, 1945: Russian Offensive to the Oder – Operations 12 January-30 March 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War
China-Burma, 1941: Third Burma Campaign – Slim’s Offensive, June 1944-March 1945

[Hatteras]

I want to hear more about Corazon Mangrovang, the Filipino guerilla babe...

[fso301]

Concerning the p10 article about U.S. mother fighting as Luzon guerrilla. Note the final sentence. "On Luzon, the Filipinos are almost unanimously loyal to America, she added".

That's a big choking point the Left has with the Philippines during WWII when it comes time to writing books, making movies and raising up heroes.

[Jacquerie]

Page 6. U-Boats are still a menace.

“Today the North Atlantic is as it hasn't been for months, alive with German submarines.”

“We are having ships sunk day by day.”

The only thing worse than January in the Battle of the Bulge is January in the Battle of the Atlantic.