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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... invasion of Mindanao on Novem- ber 15 , which , in a very real sense gave him a free hand to plan and execute intermediate operations along the way with the forces available to him and such forces as Nimitz could lend him from time to ...
... invasion of Mindanao on Novem- ber 15 , which , in a very real sense gave him a free hand to plan and execute intermediate operations along the way with the forces available to him and such forces as Nimitz could lend him from time to ...
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... invasion of Mindanao for the purpose of establishing air bases to knock out Japanese strength in the Philippines " preparatory to a further advance to Formosa , either directly or via Luzon . " Every one of these operations was ...
... invasion of Mindanao for the purpose of establishing air bases to knock out Japanese strength in the Philippines " preparatory to a further advance to Formosa , either directly or via Luzon . " Every one of these operations was ...
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... invasion of Morotai and Nimitz's invasion of Palau . Also the atoll of Ulithi was added ; it was thought to be lightly held and would serve the purpose that Majuro and Eniwetok had done , that of an advanced base and anchorage for the ...
... invasion of Morotai and Nimitz's invasion of Palau . Also the atoll of Ulithi was added ; it was thought to be lightly held and would serve the purpose that Majuro and Eniwetok had done , that of an advanced base and anchorage for the ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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