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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... took off for Hiroshima . It took nine days from the landing until General Schmidt could declare the island secured , but it took until after the end of the war to dig out all the Japanese . They were not a serious threat unless one got ...
... took off for Hiroshima . It took nine days from the landing until General Schmidt could declare the island secured , but it took until after the end of the war to dig out all the Japanese . They were not a serious threat unless one got ...
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... took time to clean out Orote Peninsula , for isolated pockets of Japanese resisted strongly , but by 1400 , July 29 , the airfield was taken , and later that afternoon a patrol reached the end of the peninsula and found only two ...
... took time to clean out Orote Peninsula , for isolated pockets of Japanese resisted strongly , but by 1400 , July 29 , the airfield was taken , and later that afternoon a patrol reached the end of the peninsula and found only two ...
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... took nearly three hours to clear the destroyer from her " fly - in - flypaper " predicament . A volunteer fire - fighting team from the Birmingham , under Lieutenant Allen Reed , assisted Princeton's own men in fighting the flames and ...
... took nearly three hours to clear the destroyer from her " fly - in - flypaper " predicament . A volunteer fire - fighting team from the Birmingham , under Lieutenant Allen Reed , assisted Princeton's own men in fighting the flames and ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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