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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... operations at MacArthur's discretion along the northern coast of New Guinea to gain control of the Vogelkop ( the western extremity of New Guinea ) . Occupation of Mindanao starting November 15 with the assistance of Nimitz's Pacific ...
... operations at MacArthur's discretion along the northern coast of New Guinea to gain control of the Vogelkop ( the western extremity of New Guinea ) . Occupation of Mindanao starting November 15 with the assistance of Nimitz's Pacific ...
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... operations , and he had to coordinate the operations of three Army Groups from his forward head- quarters or from his more elaborate ones in Paris . And when one of the Army Group commanders was newly promoted Field Marshal Sir Bernard ...
... operations , and he had to coordinate the operations of three Army Groups from his forward head- quarters or from his more elaborate ones in Paris . And when one of the Army Group commanders was newly promoted Field Marshal Sir Bernard ...
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... Operation A ( A - Go ) , 63 , 78 , 101 Operation Anvil , 46-47 . See also Op- eration Dragoon Operation Cobra , 38 , 39 , 43-46 Operation Coronet , 382 Operation Dragoon , 48-52 Operation Forager , 81 , 84 Operation Grenade , 321 ...
... Operation A ( A - Go ) , 63 , 78 , 101 Operation Anvil , 46-47 . See also Op- eration Dragoon Operation Cobra , 38 , 39 , 43-46 Operation Coronet , 382 Operation Dragoon , 48-52 Operation Forager , 81 , 84 Operation Grenade , 321 ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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