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Author Brooks, Victor, author.

Title The longest year : America at war and at home in 1944 / Victor Brooks.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Carrel Books, 2015.

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5373 BROOKS    Check Shelf
Description xi, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.
Contents Prologue December 1943 -- A gathering of eagles -- The ghosts of hills and rivers -- The Anzio gambit -- The rise of the sky knights -- The last invasion of Britain -- Storming a stolen empire -- The race for Rome -- The deadly sands of Normandy -- The gods of sea and sky -- Showdown on Saipan -- Raising the fallen colors -- Days of the liberators -- Redemption at Leyte -- The home front war -- Autumn of shattered dreams -- Epilogue 1945.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- History.
War casualties -- History.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Social life and customs -- History.
Nineteen forty-four, A.D.
ISBN 9781631440236
1631440233
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