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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... Once again the brunt fell on the Twenty - Seventh Division , and once again the Twenty - Seventh was found wanting . Holland Smith had been expecting just such a charge , and he personally warned General Griner to be ready . But once ...
... Once again the brunt fell on the Twenty - Seventh Division , and once again the Twenty - Seventh was found wanting . Holland Smith had been expecting just such a charge , and he personally warned General Griner to be ready . But once ...
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... once they were established and fully operational , General Kenney's planes could range over the South China Sea and interdict all Japanese shipping from the Resources Area to the Home Islands . He planned , therefore , to use parachute ...
... once they were established and fully operational , General Kenney's planes could range over the South China Sea and interdict all Japanese shipping from the Resources Area to the Home Islands . He planned , therefore , to use parachute ...
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... once they had to suspend firing to enable a plane to drop leaflets warning the welcoming committees to clear the area . Probably all this bombardment was unnecessary , for General Yamashita had adopted the strategy of not opposing the ...
... once they had to suspend firing to enable a plane to drop leaflets warning the welcoming committees to clear the area . Probably all this bombardment was unnecessary , for General Yamashita had adopted the strategy of not opposing the ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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