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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... miles to go to the great industrial area of the Saar on the German border , less than a hundred miles from the Rhine itself . In both the British and the American areas there was nothing to stop the Allies . The way to Germany was ...
... miles to go to the great industrial area of the Saar on the German border , less than a hundred miles from the Rhine itself . In both the British and the American areas there was nothing to stop the Allies . The way to Germany was ...
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... miles southeast of Aitape , which lies about 125 miles east - southeast along the coast of New Guinea . The Japanese believed that MacArthur's thrust along the northern coast of New Guinea would be the principal Allied move to break ...
... miles southeast of Aitape , which lies about 125 miles east - southeast along the coast of New Guinea . The Japanese believed that MacArthur's thrust along the northern coast of New Guinea would be the principal Allied move to break ...
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... miles south - southwest , and thirty - three miles farther in the same direction lies Guam . The first American target , Saipan , is thirteen miles long and varies . between two and a half and five miles in width , with a total area of ...
... miles south - southwest , and thirty - three miles farther in the same direction lies Guam . The first American target , Saipan , is thirteen miles long and varies . between two and a half and five miles in width , with a total area of ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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