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A Looong Way From Home:

A Looong Way From Home:. A WWII Geography Lesson from the National WWII Museum (With additional rantings and ravings from Mark Lueckenhoff). Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY:. Location, Location, Location. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY:.

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A Looong Way From Home:

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  1. A Looong Way From Home: A WWII Geography Lesson from the National WWII Museum (With additional rantings and ravings from Mark Lueckenhoff)

  2. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY: Location, Location, Location

  3. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY: Location, Location, Location Territorial War Aims Source http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog22/maps/ Source: BBC.com Source: deepsource.worldpress.com

  4. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY: Location, Location, Location Territorial War Aims Resources Source http://www.123rf.com/photo_9421132_rubber-tree.html Source http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/veterans-of-world-war-ii-ploiesti-raid-holding-70th-reunion.html / Source http://joe-lynn.com/photoblog/wheat-field-close-up/

  5. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY: Location, Location, Location Territorial War Aims Resources Choke Points Source http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/panama-canal.htm Remagen Bridge Across the Rhine Source http://www.herrlichkeit-erpel.de/EnglischeVersion/Bruecke02_eng.htm El Aemain Source http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2_Battle_of_El_Alamein_016.png D-Day Amphibious Tank Source http://www.robertsarmory.com/Utah-beach-1944.htm El Guettar Tunisia - Source: http://www.asisbiz.com/Battles/Battle-of-El-Guettar-Tunisia/pages/1-German-tank-after-the-battle-of-El-Guettar-Tunisia-01.html

  6. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY: Location, Location, Location Territorial War Aims Resources Choke Points Geographic Conditions Marines on patron at Guadalcanal Source http://www.matterhorntravel.com/2007/WWII_Pacific/ww2_pacific.htm Fording a river in New Guinea Source http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/32ww2-7.html North African Desert Source http://blog.usni.org/2009/09/02/the-solomons-campaign-the-battle-of-guadalcanal-part-i Source http://www.adn.com/2008/12/28/636258/wwii-wreck-part-of-new-national.html

  7. Why you can’t understand WWII without GEOGRAPHY: Air evacuation from the Philippines Source http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2009/03/gallery_WWII_photos?slide=10&slideView=10 Location, Location, Location Territorial War Aims Resources Choke Points Geographic Conditions Distance Blood plasma on Tarawa Source http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2009/03/gallery_WWII_photos?slide=7&slideView=7 B-29’s Over Mt. Fuji Source http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/03/0309incendiary-bombs-kill-100000-tokyo/ Convoy reaching Murmansk Source http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/HIS241/Notes/Geography/Murmansk.html

  8. Where am I? http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1950399

  9. http://www.ddaymuseum.org/ Sign up for free newsletter https://secure3.convio.net/nw2m/site/SSurvey?JServSessionIdr004=dzbofzji47.app333b&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=1162 Loong Way from Home Lesson Plan http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-teachers/lesson-plans/long-way-from-home.html Google Distance Calculator Page http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm

  10. Kaiserlautern 4,813 mi. Panama Canal 2, 219 mi.

  11. Leyte 8,238 mi.

  12. How is this photo geographic?

  13. Thanks!

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