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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... Japanese people , and they had been borne with increasing resentment . It was no longer possible to pretend to the people of Japan that they were winning the war ; the problem was to conceal from them how near at hand defeat was . Even ...
... Japanese people , and they had been borne with increasing resentment . It was no longer possible to pretend to the people of Japan that they were winning the war ; the problem was to conceal from them how near at hand defeat was . Even ...
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... Japanese cities . At sea , Japanese merchant shipping had almost vanished . Submarines and carrier planes had done their work well . Japan was isolated from her resources in Southeast Asia , and a daring penetration of the Sea of Japan ...
... Japanese cities . At sea , Japanese merchant shipping had almost vanished . Submarines and carrier planes had done their work well . Japan was isolated from her resources in Southeast Asia , and a daring penetration of the Sea of Japan ...
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... Japanese participation in world trade relations shall be permitted . The occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there has been established in accordance with ...
... Japanese participation in world trade relations shall be permitted . The occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there has been established in accordance with ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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