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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They were called " bombardons . " Next was an inner breakwater , 2,200 feet long consisting of concrete caissons called " Phoenixes , " as tall as a five - story building . These were towed across the Channel at a rate of about 3 knots ...
They were called " bombardons . " Next was an inner breakwater , 2,200 feet long consisting of concrete caissons called " Phoenixes , " as tall as a five - story building . These were towed across the Channel at a rate of about 3 knots ...
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Behind the high - water mark , there was a sea wall made of concrete and protected on the seaward side by heaps of big , smooth pebbles called " shingle . " These offered no footing for men and no traction for vehicles , even tanks .
Behind the high - water mark , there was a sea wall made of concrete and protected on the seaward side by heaps of big , smooth pebbles called " shingle . " These offered no footing for men and no traction for vehicles , even tanks .
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The westernmost , called Alpha Beaches , were at Cavalaire and Pampelonne . The Third Division landed two Regimental Combat Teams on the target beaches right on schedule with practically no opposition and drove to close the thirteen ...
The westernmost , called Alpha Beaches , were at Cavalaire and Pampelonne . The Third Division landed two Regimental Combat Teams on the target beaches right on schedule with practically no opposition and drove to close the thirteen ...
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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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