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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... began dropping uncomfortably close . Escaping damage , the destroyers began launching their torpedoes at 0310. Even though only two ships were involved , the results were even more dramatic than those from the first section . A radio ...
... began dropping uncomfortably close . Escaping damage , the destroyers began launching their torpedoes at 0310. Even though only two ships were involved , the results were even more dramatic than those from the first section . A radio ...
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... began flying off combat air patrol , antisubma- rine patrol , and other routine missions . The carriers of Taffy 3 took no part in the pursuit of Shima's survivors . They were too far north , so shortly before sunrise all ships secured ...
... began flying off combat air patrol , antisubma- rine patrol , and other routine missions . The carriers of Taffy 3 took no part in the pursuit of Shima's survivors . They were too far north , so shortly before sunrise all ships secured ...
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... began to move to their assigned stations . LSTS opened their ramps and the LVTs swarmed out loaded with Marines ... began to move inland . Up to that point everything went like clockwork . Then the trouble began . The landing was made on ...
... began to move to their assigned stations . LSTS opened their ramps and the LVTs swarmed out loaded with Marines ... began to move inland . Up to that point everything went like clockwork . Then the trouble began . The landing was made on ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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