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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... Roosevelt oc- cupying the captain's day cabin , and Admiral Leahy the flag quarters . It was a pleasant voyage across the Pacific , with no incident other than the report of a Japanese task force reported 200 miles north of Hawaii . The ...
... Roosevelt oc- cupying the captain's day cabin , and Admiral Leahy the flag quarters . It was a pleasant voyage across the Pacific , with no incident other than the report of a Japanese task force reported 200 miles north of Hawaii . The ...
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... Roosevelt for not inviting him to the Yalta Conference . Roosevelt refused to be upset . He shrugged off de Gaulle's discourtesy with the remark , " Well , I just wanted to discuss some of our problems with him . If he doesn't want to ...
... Roosevelt for not inviting him to the Yalta Conference . Roosevelt refused to be upset . He shrugged off de Gaulle's discourtesy with the remark , " Well , I just wanted to discuss some of our problems with him . If he doesn't want to ...
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... Roosevelt joined the family and friends under the canopy . The next day Mr. Roosevelt journeyed to Capitol Hill to deliver his report to Congress on Yalta . The address was broadcast to the nation by radio . It was a curiously ...
... Roosevelt joined the family and friends under the canopy . The next day Mr. Roosevelt journeyed to Capitol Hill to deliver his report to Congress on Yalta . The address was broadcast to the nation by radio . It was a curiously ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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