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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... Luzon would be nothing less than betrayal of the Philippine people . To a suggestion that he bypass Luzon , he heatedly cabled General Marshall : THE PHILIPPINES IS AMERICAN TERRITORY WHERE OUR UNSUPPORTED FORCES WERE DESTROYED BY THE ...
... Luzon would be nothing less than betrayal of the Philippine people . To a suggestion that he bypass Luzon , he heatedly cabled General Marshall : THE PHILIPPINES IS AMERICAN TERRITORY WHERE OUR UNSUPPORTED FORCES WERE DESTROYED BY THE ...
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... Luzon in defending the island . He really believed that he had lost the battle for Luzon on Leyte , but there was still a chance . If he reacted to Mindoro , there would be no chance at all . The Kamikazes could do what they might ...
... Luzon in defending the island . He really believed that he had lost the battle for Luzon on Leyte , but there was still a chance . If he reacted to Mindoro , there would be no chance at all . The Kamikazes could do what they might ...
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... Luzon . They began to put what was known as " the B.B.B. " ( Big Blue Blanket ) of aircraft over Luzon to keep the Japanese planes pinned down . Except for one strike that left before the planes of Task Force 38 arrived , not a single Luzon ...
... Luzon . They began to put what was known as " the B.B.B. " ( Big Blue Blanket ) of aircraft over Luzon to keep the Japanese planes pinned down . Except for one strike that left before the planes of Task Force 38 arrived , not a single Luzon ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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