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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... opened and the fans operated at full blast in the belief that these measures would clear the gasoline fumes from the ship . All that he succeeded in doing was to distribute the deadly vapors into every nook and cranny so that she became ...
... opened and the fans operated at full blast in the belief that these measures would clear the gasoline fumes from the ship . All that he succeeded in doing was to distribute the deadly vapors into every nook and cranny so that she became ...
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... opened , although they were so soft that many planes cracked up on landing ; they were literally lifesavers in the coming naval battle only a few days off . By October 23 , Imperial Headquarters had made a further decision . Already ...
... opened , although they were so soft that many planes cracked up on landing ; they were literally lifesavers in the coming naval battle only a few days off . By October 23 , Imperial Headquarters had made a further decision . Already ...
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... opened a campaign against the old fortified city of Metz , a necessary preliminary to his role in the forthcoming operations when he should make his drive against the Saar . By November 18 , the city was surrounded , and four days later ...
... opened a campaign against the old fortified city of Metz , a necessary preliminary to his role in the forthcoming operations when he should make his drive against the Saar . By November 18 , the city was surrounded , and four days later ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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