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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... Kamikaze . No Westerner can understand the attitude of mind that made the Japanese Kamikaze Special Attack Corps possible . Soldiers , sailors , and airmen of all Western nations have shown incredi- ble bravery against seemingly ...
... Kamikaze . No Westerner can understand the attitude of mind that made the Japanese Kamikaze Special Attack Corps possible . Soldiers , sailors , and airmen of all Western nations have shown incredi- ble bravery against seemingly ...
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... Kamikaze into the fuel tanks of a giant carrier meant that many more of the enemy killed , that many more planes which would never bomb and strafe over our soil . These men had faith . They believed in Japan , in striking a blow for ...
... Kamikaze into the fuel tanks of a giant carrier meant that many more of the enemy killed , that many more planes which would never bomb and strafe over our soil . These men had faith . They believed in Japan , in striking a blow for ...
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... Kamikaze came out of the sun and slammed into fleet carrier Ticonderoga , starting an intense fire . The second raid of the day again hit Ticonderoga , this time on the island structure . A 9 ° list developed , and many planes were ...
... Kamikaze came out of the sun and slammed into fleet carrier Ticonderoga , starting an intense fire . The second raid of the day again hit Ticonderoga , this time on the island structure . A 9 ° list developed , and many planes were ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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