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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... remained little that could be called organized defense . The last weeks were at hand . Every German knew that the war was lost - all but Hitler and the tiny clique of fanatics around him . These included Martin Bormann , Goering ...
... remained little that could be called organized defense . The last weeks were at hand . Every German knew that the war was lost - all but Hitler and the tiny clique of fanatics around him . These included Martin Bormann , Goering ...
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... remained . Monday , February 19 , dawned fair and clear off Iwo Jima , with a calm sea that caused no problems for the landing craft , amphtracs , and other amphibians which would soon be making their way toward the beaches on the ...
... remained . Monday , February 19 , dawned fair and clear off Iwo Jima , with a calm sea that caused no problems for the landing craft , amphtracs , and other amphibians which would soon be making their way toward the beaches on the ...
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... remained in power , ostensibly servants to a puppet government under Sukarno . Netherlands authority was flouted , and Euro- peans , the Dutch most of all , remained shut up in internment camps . Their sufferings did not end until ...
... remained in power , ostensibly servants to a puppet government under Sukarno . Netherlands authority was flouted , and Euro- peans , the Dutch most of all , remained shut up in internment camps . Their sufferings did not end until ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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