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Within the pages of this book the single most important military figure of World War II has written the story that is destined to become the single most important record of that conflict. Here, from the hand of the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces, is the complete story of the war as Eisenhowe...

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Main Author: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1948.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns
Eisenhower, Dwight David, > 1890-1969
Military campaigns.
1939-1945
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude to war
  • Global war
  • Command post for Marshall
  • Platform for invasion
  • Planning torch
  • Invasion of Africa
  • Winter in Algiers
  • Tunisian campaign
  • Husky
  • Sicily and Salerno
  • Cairo Conference
  • Italy
  • Planning overlord
  • D-day and lodgment
  • Breakout
  • Pursuit and the battle of supply
  • Autumn fighting on Germany's frontier
  • Hitler's last bid
  • Crossing the Rhine
  • Assault and encirclement
  • Overrunning Germany
  • Victory's aftermath
  • Operation study
  • Russia.