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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... Mitscher had 7 large and 8 light carriers to his 5 large and 4 light . The rest of the line - up was : battleships , U.S. 7 , Japan 5 , but two of them were the monstrous Yamato and Musashi with their 18.1 - inch guns ; heavy cruisers ...
... Mitscher had 7 large and 8 light carriers to his 5 large and 4 light . The rest of the line - up was : battleships , U.S. 7 , Japan 5 , but two of them were the monstrous Yamato and Musashi with their 18.1 - inch guns ; heavy cruisers ...
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... Mitscher's carrier force was only twenty miles west of Rota . Detaching Harrill's TG 58.4 , which was low on fuel , to rendezvous with oilers and at the same time keep the pressure on the Japanese airfields on Rota and Guam , Mitscher's ...
... Mitscher's carrier force was only twenty miles west of Rota . Detaching Harrill's TG 58.4 , which was low on fuel , to rendezvous with oilers and at the same time keep the pressure on the Japanese airfields on Rota and Guam , Mitscher's ...
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... Mitscher , Nelson kept broadcasting his report over and over , and Mitscher received a complete copy at 1557. A few minutes later , Nelson corrected the report , which placed the Japanese in position 14 ° 30 ' North , 134 ° 30 ' East ...
... Mitscher , Nelson kept broadcasting his report over and over , and Mitscher received a complete copy at 1557. A few minutes later , Nelson corrected the report , which placed the Japanese in position 14 ° 30 ' North , 134 ° 30 ' East ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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