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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... Truman had come to Washington with the reputation of being something of a political hack . He owed his political life to Kansas City's old Pendergast machine . He had been rewarded for his faithful attention to political chores by a ...
... Truman had come to Washington with the reputation of being something of a political hack . He owed his political life to Kansas City's old Pendergast machine . He had been rewarded for his faithful attention to political chores by a ...
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... Truman failed to gain substantially on the second ballot , he was through , and Wallace would probably run away with the convention . A quarter of the way through the roll call , Wallace was ahead of Truman 148 to 125. Seven important ...
... Truman failed to gain substantially on the second ballot , he was through , and Wallace would probably run away with the convention . A quarter of the way through the roll call , Wallace was ahead of Truman 148 to 125. Seven important ...
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... Truman knew that the United Nations had to work . For he knew another fearsome secret . In Alamogordo , New Mexico , an important test was to be held in a few days . The very evening that Truman had been sworn in as President ...
... Truman knew that the United Nations had to work . For he knew another fearsome secret . In Alamogordo , New Mexico , an important test was to be held in a few days . The very evening that Truman had been sworn in as President ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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