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Hanson Weightman Baldwin

    22 maart 1903 – 13 november 1991

    Hanson Weightman Baldwin was de langdurige militaire analist van The New York Times en won een Pulitzerprijs voor zijn verslaggeving over de beginjaren van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Gedurende zijn uitgebreide carrière schreef en/of redigeerde hij talloze boeken, voornamelijk gericht op politiek-militaire geschiedenis.

    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.

      Battles Lost and Won: Great Campaigns of World War II
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