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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... night if a patrol comes around their bivouac area they immediately telephone in and state they are under a counterattack and want to fall back to some other position . Third , I found that troops would work all day to capture well ...
... night if a patrol comes around their bivouac area they immediately telephone in and state they are under a counterattack and want to fall back to some other position . Third , I found that troops would work all day to capture well ...
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... night operations group , launched night - fighters to cover Japa- nese airfields throughout the night . February 17 dawned with the weather deteriorating . It was cold on the exposed flight decks , even with foul - weather gear , for ...
... night operations group , launched night - fighters to cover Japa- nese airfields throughout the night . February 17 dawned with the weather deteriorating . It was cold on the exposed flight decks , even with foul - weather gear , for ...
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... night orders written for him by the navigator and went to his bunk in his sea cabin . There was nothing in the night orders about resuming zigzagging if the weather cleared . It was not mentioned one way or the other . Commander ...
... night orders written for him by the navigator and went to his bunk in his sea cabin . There was nothing in the night orders about resuming zigzagging if the weather cleared . It was not mentioned one way or the other . Commander ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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