Years to Victory"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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When they were a mile from the beach , the boats reversed course and went back to their ships , where the Marines re - embarked and the boats were hoisted aboard . Colonel Ogata congratulated himself that a landing had been repulsed .
When they were a mile from the beach , the boats reversed course and went back to their ships , where the Marines re - embarked and the boats were hoisted aboard . Colonel Ogata congratulated himself that a landing had been repulsed .
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It was not until July 24 that the Marines were able to begin an advance toward Sumay which would seal off the 4,000 Japanese defenders of Orote Peninsula . The first day they did not get very far , owing to road mines and pre - sited ...
It was not until July 24 that the Marines were able to begin an advance toward Sumay which would seal off the 4,000 Japanese defenders of Orote Peninsula . The first day they did not get very far , owing to road mines and pre - sited ...
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Suddenly the Marines found themselves in the courtyard of the castle , and shortly the American flag was hoisted and beside it the standard of the First Marine Division , the same standard that had flown over Guadalcanal , New Britain ...
Suddenly the Marines found themselves in the courtyard of the castle , and shortly the American flag was hoisted and beside it the standard of the First Marine Division , the same standard that had flown over Guadalcanal , New Britain ...
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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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