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Author:
Brooks, Victor, author.
Title:
1943 : days of peril, year of victory / Victor Brooks.
Publisher:
Lyons Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xxi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945.
United States--History--History--World War, 1939-1945.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945.
Armed Forces.
United States.
1939-1945
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Buna to Bismarck Sea -- Debacle at Kasserine Pass -- Invasion USA: Battle for the Northland -- The Road to Tunisgrad -- The Ice Warriors -- Up Periscope -- The Dawn of "Husky" -- Climax on Sicily -- Whirlwind over the Reich -- Death of an Admiral, Birth of a Legend -- Yanks -- The Battle for Salerno -- A Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa -- The Devil's Playground: Naples to the Volturno -- December 1943.
Summary:
"Military historian Victor Brooks argues that the year 1943 marked a significant shift in the World War II balance of power from the Axis to Allied forces"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1493045083
9781493045082
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1224044451
LCCN:
2020052621
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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