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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... landing sites were incapable of fulfilling their assigned functions . Because the Japanese defenses were supposed to be concentrated in Humboldt Bay ( which was correct ) , the West- ern Task Force landing at Tanahmerah Bay was planned ...
... landing sites were incapable of fulfilling their assigned functions . Because the Japanese defenses were supposed to be concentrated in Humboldt Bay ( which was correct ) , the West- ern Task Force landing at Tanahmerah Bay was planned ...
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... landing two divisions through two such narrow passageways gave a unique feature to the Tinian landings . Not a single box of supplies was to be landed on the beaches . The LVTs and dukws would crawl directly up the slopes to supply ...
... landing two divisions through two such narrow passageways gave a unique feature to the Tinian landings . Not a single box of supplies was to be landed on the beaches . The LVTs and dukws would crawl directly up the slopes to supply ...
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... landing had been repulsed . Although the Japanese gunfire had caused no casualties among the Marines in the landing craft , it had not been so erratic against the naval ships which were supporting the " landing . " The destroyer Norman ...
... landing had been repulsed . Although the Japanese gunfire had caused no casualties among the Marines in the landing craft , it had not been so erratic against the naval ships which were supporting the " landing . " The destroyer Norman ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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