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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... turned down every proposal we made . The British and Americans had only two bridgeheads to begin with , a weak one on the Cotentin Peninsula and a somewhat stronger one near Bayeux . Naturally , we wanted to attack the weak one first ...
... turned down every proposal we made . The British and Americans had only two bridgeheads to begin with , a weak one on the Cotentin Peninsula and a somewhat stronger one near Bayeux . Naturally , we wanted to attack the weak one first ...
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... 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 ...
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... turned out that he had less to deal with than he might have had , for the Darter and Dace had cooperated to give Kurita a thoroughly bad time . By dawn , the submarines had parted company , the Darter reaching attack position on ...
... turned out that he had less to deal with than he might have had , for the Darter and Dace had cooperated to give Kurita a thoroughly bad time . By dawn , the submarines had parted company , the Darter reaching attack position on ...
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Normandy to Notre Dame | 1 |
New Guinea and the Marianas | 57 |
Victory Is Everywhere | 109 |
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