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The book by Hanson Baldwin, a military columnist for the New York Times, a participant in three wars, and a Pulitzer Prize winner, is an examination of the major military campaigns of World War II, based on documentary material, the opinions of military experts and personal experience. The Battle of Stalingrad, the amphibious landing in Normandy and the airborne assault on Crete, the Polish campaign in which the “blitzkrieg” was born, the defense of Corregidor, the battle for Sicily, the capture of Tarawa Atoll, the battles in Leyte Gulf, resistance in Belgium, the destruction of a kamikaze squadron in Okinawa... All events are described by day, hour and minute. A general description of the military situation is given, the course of military operations is shown, and the lessons learned by the warring parties are analyzed. Detailed information about the number, composition, weapons, deployment of units and formations participating in a particular battle, as well as battle patterns give a clear idea of ​​the deployment and movement of troops in the theater of military operations, and from documents, letters, orders, eyewitness accounts, the war appears such as it is - a heap of incompetence, confusion, mistakes and selfless heroism of soldiers.

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