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Hanson Weightman Baldwin

    22 marzo 1903 – 13 novembre 1991

    Hanson Weightman Baldwin è stato per lungo tempo l'analista militare del New York Times, vincendo un premio Pulitzer per la sua copertura dei primi giorni della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Nel corso della sua vasta carriera, ha scritto e/o curato numerosi libri, concentrandosi prevalentemente sulla storia politico-militare.

    Grosse Schlachten des 2. Weltkrieges
    Große Schlachten des 2. Weltkriegs
    Grosse Schlachten des Zweiten Weltkriegs
    Battles Lost and Won: Great Campaigns of World War II
    • In Battles Lost & Great Campaigns of World War II, military editor and analyst of the New York Times, Hanson Baldwin evaluates eleven crucial battles, describing what happened in each and why. In the words of the author, "each [of these battles] was an entity; many were a turning point; upon some the scales of history rested." The battles analyzed are the Polish campaign, the battle of Britain, the invasion of Crete, the fall of Corregidor, Stalingrad, the Sicilian campaign, Tarawa, the invasion of Normandy, Leyte Gulf, the battle of the Bulge and Okinawa.

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