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The Taste of Courage The War 1939-1945 Vol III The Tide Turns
The Taste of Courage The War 19391945 Vol III The Tide Turns Author:Edited by Desmond Flower and James Reeves The taste of courage. The drama, the humor, the horror, and sometimes the tenderness of men and women confronting their greatest ordeal speak through this absorbling narrative of World War II, told in eyewitness accounts by soldiers, housewives and journalists in the many countries involved. Vol III: The Tide Turns, is the story of the first All... more »ied victories of the war, victories which followed endless defeats. In Russia, The Wehrmacht suffered its first major setback, when the German 6th Army, commanded by von Paulus, was first held, then smashed, at Stalingrad. In North Africa, Montgomery and the British 8th Army defeated the hitherto invcincible Afrika Korps at El Alamein. At sea, the victorious Japanese Navy was stopped at Midway. The Allied Air Forces were carring the bombing war to Germany. For the first time, it seemed that the Allies had a real chance of victory....« less