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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... naval strength to evacuate Cherbourg by sea . The American and British navies were lording it over the Channel , and not even E - boats ( the German equivalent of PT boats ) dared stick their prows out of harbor . The two senior ...
... naval strength to evacuate Cherbourg by sea . The American and British navies were lording it over the Channel , and not even E - boats ( the German equivalent of PT boats ) dared stick their prows out of harbor . The two senior ...
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... naval strength in a desperate endeavor to drive the Americans from the Philippines . It was a jerry - built effort , for the Japanese could no longer operate their fleets as they would have liked . The reason ? Lack of oil . American ...
... naval strength in a desperate endeavor to drive the Americans from the Philippines . It was a jerry - built effort , for the Japanese could no longer operate their fleets as they would have liked . The reason ? Lack of oil . American ...
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... Naval Conference which seemed to condemn Japan to naval inferiority . As he stood face to face with the fanatics , one of them pumped four bullets into his body , yet he lived . He knew full well that he faced the same danger again if ...
... Naval Conference which seemed to condemn Japan to naval inferiority . As he stood face to face with the fanatics , one of them pumped four bullets into his body , yet he lived . He knew full well that he faced the same danger again if ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
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