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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 70
Seite 98
... turned the flight deck from a prairie into a mountain range , blasted out the sides and tore holes in the bottom . Everyone in the engine spaces was killed , and the ship began to go down . Admiral Ozawa , carefully taking the Emperor's ...
... turned the flight deck from a prairie into a mountain range , blasted out the sides and tore holes in the bottom . Everyone in the engine spaces was killed , and the ship began to go down . Admiral Ozawa , carefully taking the Emperor's ...
Seite 106
... turned on the red truck lights and those at the yardarms . Floodlights illumi- nated flight decks , red and green running lights were turned on , and some destroyers fired star shells . In each task group a 36 - inch searchlight was turned ...
... turned on the red truck lights and those at the yardarms . Floodlights illumi- nated flight decks , red and green running lights were turned on , and some destroyers fired star shells . In each task group a 36 - inch searchlight was turned ...
Seite 204
... turned away . A salvo of 8 - inch shells had burst on her bridge , killing all the officers there , including Captain R. Tooma , and the executive officer . Further hits slowed her almost to a stop , but this ship , survivor of many a ...
... turned away . A salvo of 8 - inch shells had burst on her bridge , killing all the officers there , including Captain R. Tooma , and the executive officer . Further hits slowed her almost to a stop , but this ship , survivor of many a ...
Inhalt
Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
15 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aboard afternoon aircraft airfields Allied American Archerfish Army Group ashore attack battle battleships beaches began bomb bombardment bombers British Chiefs of Staff Churchill command Corps damage December defense destroyers Division Eisenhower Emperor enemy escort carriers fighting fire Fleet flight deck Formosa Führer German going Guam guns Halsey headquarters heavy cruiser Hitler Holland Smith invasion island Iwo Jima Japan Japanese Japanese planes June Kamikaze killed knew Kurita landing later Leyte Gulf Lieutenant light cruiser Lingayen Lingayen Gulf Luzon MacArthur Marianas Marines miles military Mindoro Mitscher Montgomery morning naval Navy night Nimitz offensive officers Okinawa operations Ormoc Ozawa Pacific Patton Philippines pilots port President raid Rear Admiral Rommel Roosevelt Russians Saipan ships shot Stalin submarine surrender Suzuki target Task Force 38 Tinian Tokyo took torpedo troops Truman turned typhoon Ulithi United XXIV Corps Yalta