Jacob L. Devers : a general's life /

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General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897--1979) was one of only two officers -- the other was Omar C. Bradley -- to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of 1944--1945 that liberated Europe and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the war, Devers led the Army Ground Forces in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheeler, James Scott (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Devers, Jacob L. > (Jacob Loucks), > 1887-1979.
United States. > Army > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Biographies.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Generals.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From York to West Point
  • Apprenticeship
  • World War I and the Roaring Twenties
  • Professional growth
  • The approach of war
  • Marshall's fireman and division command
  • Forging the thunderbolt
  • On to the war
  • European Theater commander
  • Mediterranean Theater of Operations
  • Stalemate in Italy and the invasion of southern France
  • Sixth Army Group: the Riviera to the Vosges
  • The Vosges and Alsace campaigns
  • Winter of discontent
  • Victory in Europe
  • Postwar challenges
  • Retirement and beyond.

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