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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... Russians struck in the north and reached the sea near Riga , trapping Army Group North in Estonia . Two days after the northern attack began , the Russians struck south of the Pripet Marshes on July 14. Two weeks later Lwow fell , and ...
... Russians struck in the north and reached the sea near Riga , trapping Army Group North in Estonia . Two days after the northern attack began , the Russians struck south of the Pripet Marshes on July 14. Two weeks later Lwow fell , and ...
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... Russian authorities refused permission for the Western planes to land on Russian airfields to refuel before the flight back to their own bases . Nor did the Russians advance on Warsaw . In fact , the city was not taken until January ...
... Russian authorities refused permission for the Western planes to land on Russian airfields to refuel before the flight back to their own bases . Nor did the Russians advance on Warsaw . In fact , the city was not taken until January ...
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... Russian offensive opened January 12. As a result the troops had to take the full shock of the offensive instead of absorbing it as they withdrew . Although the Russians had some 225 infantry divisions and 22 armored corps facing 50 ...
... Russian offensive opened January 12. As a result the troops had to take the full shock of the offensive instead of absorbing it as they withdrew . Although the Russians had some 225 infantry divisions and 22 armored corps facing 50 ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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