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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... things to do with the troops — although his pet schemes for Rhodes and the Aegean had been firmly squashed . On April 19 , after Anvil had been postponed , the Combined Chiefs issued a directive to General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson ...
... things to do with the troops — although his pet schemes for Rhodes and the Aegean had been firmly squashed . On April 19 , after Anvil had been postponed , the Combined Chiefs issued a directive to General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson ...
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... things going more to their own satisfaction . The fast carriers hung on until they had completed their job . And their rest was not going to be a long one . They would be needed at sea to support MacArthur's next moves against Mindoro ...
... things going more to their own satisfaction . The fast carriers hung on until they had completed their job . And their rest was not going to be a long one . They would be needed at sea to support MacArthur's next moves against Mindoro ...
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... things to a halt . The Japanese could not depend on cloud cover forever . Since their fighters could not reach the heights where the Superforts operated , there seemed no way to stop them . The only way was to go after the source ...
... things to a halt . The Japanese could not depend on cloud cover forever . Since their fighters could not reach the heights where the Superforts operated , there seemed no way to stop them . The only way was to go after the source ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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