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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As soon as Clifton Sprague saw what was happening , he changed course to due east , close enough to the wind to launch planes , and at the same time designed to give him sea room and prevent him from being boxed in the confines of Leyte ...
As soon as Clifton Sprague saw what was happening , he changed course to due east , close enough to the wind to launch planes , and at the same time designed to give him sea room and prevent him from being boxed in the confines of Leyte ...
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This time the problem was to avoid getting too close . " Lookouts below ! Clear the bridge ! Dive ! " ordered Enright . Archerfish slid beneath the waves , and the periscope rose into the skipper's hands . There were anxious moments .
This time the problem was to avoid getting too close . " Lookouts below ! Clear the bridge ! Dive ! " ordered Enright . Archerfish slid beneath the waves , and the periscope rose into the skipper's hands . There were anxious moments .
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2 5 - inch mount , splashed close aboard . ? Judy splashed close aboard starboard quarter . ? Oscar splashed by gunfire starboard beam , range 500 yards . ? Val splashed by gunfire dead ahead , range 600 yards .
2 5 - inch mount , splashed close aboard . ? Judy splashed close aboard starboard quarter . ? Oscar splashed by gunfire starboard beam , range 500 yards . ? Val splashed by gunfire dead ahead , range 600 yards .
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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 |
| Zitat exportieren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |