Years to VictoryMcKay, 1973 - 507 Seiten "Beginning with 'the loneliest man in the world,' General Dwight D. Eisenhower, making his decision to proceed with Operation Overlord, Years to Victory recounts the last years of World War II from the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, to the utter defeat and unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan. As the dignitaries assembled on the deck of the United States battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on the morning of September 2, 1945, the Axis had been totally destroyed."--Book Jacket. |
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... Hitler , in contrast , looked tired , worn , nervous . He held a handful of colored pencils which he toyed with ceaselessly . He sat hunched in a chair while the Field Marshals stood in his presence . In frosty tones , Hitler displayed ...
... Hitler , in contrast , looked tired , worn , nervous . He held a handful of colored pencils which he toyed with ceaselessly . He sat hunched in a chair while the Field Marshals stood in his presence . In frosty tones , Hitler displayed ...
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... Hitler than to the German Reich . On July 20 , having returned to the Wolfsschantze from his headquarters in Berlin some days earlier , Hitler met with his leaders in a large wooden building in a routine war conference . Maps were ...
... Hitler than to the German Reich . On July 20 , having returned to the Wolfsschantze from his headquarters in Berlin some days earlier , Hitler met with his leaders in a large wooden building in a routine war conference . Maps were ...
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... Hitler had faith , for he believed in a new relief campaign by General Wenck's army which would rescue Berlin . But Wenck's army had already been liquidated , and the only remaining troops in the region under General Heinrici were ...
... Hitler had faith , for he believed in a new relief campaign by General Wenck's army which would rescue Berlin . But Wenck's army had already been liquidated , and the only remaining troops in the region under General Heinrici were ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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| Titel | Years to Victory |
| Autor/in | Henry Hitch Adams |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | McKay, 1973 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Nov. 2006 |
| ISBN | 0679140077, 9780679140078 |
| Länge | 507 Seiten |
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