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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... never know where it might hit . It was as impersonal as a bomb and more destructive than most . Its sounds had an important psychological impact . There would be a roar in the skies , but never where the bomb was . Its jet engine ...
... never know where it might hit . It was as impersonal as a bomb and more destructive than most . Its sounds had an important psychological impact . There would be a roar in the skies , but never where the bomb was . Its jet engine ...
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... Never ! I have never been in the middle of a naval engagement and I would like nothing better than being in one tonight . " That finished the matter . Captain Coney did not get into the battle . Neither did MacArthur . The absence of ...
... Never ! I have never been in the middle of a naval engagement and I would like nothing better than being in one tonight . " That finished the matter . Captain Coney did not get into the battle . Neither did MacArthur . The absence of ...
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Henry Hitch Adams. might have been done by those who died can never be known . Were minds blotted out that , had they lived , would have cured cancer ... never letting one's buddy down was strong and grew stronger as the war went 475.
Henry Hitch Adams. might have been done by those who died can never be known . Were minds blotted out that , had they lived , would have cured cancer ... never letting one's buddy down was strong and grew stronger as the war went 475.
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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