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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... planes returned to the Japanese carriers from Raid II , and sixteen of them were those with engine trouble or damage from their own Van Force . Raid III was far luckier than the first two , for most of the 47 planes that made it up were ...
... planes returned to the Japanese carriers from Raid II , and sixteen of them were those with engine trouble or damage from their own Van Force . Raid III was far luckier than the first two , for most of the 47 planes that made it up were ...
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... planes rose to meet the American attack ; the rest were out scouting or were down with mechanical problems . The few that did make up the Japanese CAP seemed to McCampbell to be more interested in acro- batics than in protecting their ...
... planes rose to meet the American attack ; the rest were out scouting or were down with mechanical problems . The few that did make up the Japanese CAP seemed to McCampbell to be more interested in acro- batics than in protecting their ...
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... planes . After refueling on February 13 and topping off destroyers on the morning of the 15th , the task force began a high - speed run - in that evening to reach launching position at dawn February 16 , 125 miles southeast of Tokyo and ...
... planes . After refueling on February 13 and topping off destroyers on the morning of the 15th , the task force began a high - speed run - in that evening to reach launching position at dawn February 16 , 125 miles southeast of Tokyo and ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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