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Hanson Baldwin was the son of Oliver Perry and Caroline (Sutton) Baldwin. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 22, 1903.
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BATTLES LOST AND WON: GREAT CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II The military editor and analyst of the New York Times evaluates eleven crucial battles of the Second World War, analyzing what happened in each and why, as well as the larger results. Describing his purpose in this volume, Mr. Baldwin says: "The eleven selected battles present a cross-section of the world's greatest war-from the Polish campaign, where blitzkrieg was born, to Okinawa, 'the last battle', where the kamikaze portended the coming menace of the missile. Each battle described was, in fact, more than a battle; each was so extensive in time and space and comprised so many separate episodes of struggle that each transcended the older meaning of the word 'battle' and was, in essence, a campaign. Yet each was an entity; many were a turning point; upon some, the scales of history rested. In addition to the Polish campaign and Okinawa, Mr. Baldwin re-creates the Battle of Britain; the airborne invasion of Crete; the American defense of Corregidor; the Battle of Stalingrad, which broke the Nazi armies in the East; the struggle for Sicily; the hell of Tarawa; the greatest seaborne invasion of all time--D-Day at Normandy; the last massive sea battle--Leyte Gulf; and the final, desperate Battle Of The Bulge. Written for both the general reader and the expert, BATTLES LOST AND WON combines most effectively the emotional and dramatic immediacy of tremendous events with the knowledge and wisdom of afteryears. 532 Pages
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In Battles Lost & Won: 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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Hanson Baldwin was the son of Oliver Perry and Caroline (Sutton) Baldwin. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 22, 1903.
He attended the Boys" Latin School of Maryland in Baltimore and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924.
He authored or edited numerous books on military topics. After three years of naval service he began his newspaper career in 1927 as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He joined the New York Times in 1929 and wrote for them for the next forty years.
In 1937 he became the paper"s military analyst.
That year, he spent four months in Europe reporting on the military preparedness for what was viewed as the coming war. One of his first major stories in 1938 was of the interception of the ocean liner Rex by United States. B-17 Flying Fortresses, in which he personally participated.
During World World War II he wrote from the South Pacific, North Africa and Europe. In 1959 he broke the news of high-altitude atomic bomb test by the United States, known as Project Argus.
Besides working for The Times, he lectured and wrote regularly for magazines, scholarly quarterlies and for professional military publications.
His papers were given as "The Hanson West. Baldwin Collection" to the George C. Marshall Research Foundation. After his retirement he continued to write articles on military affairs for the news columns and Op-Editor page of the New York Times. He authored scores of books on military and defense topics.
He also received honorary degrees from Drake University and the Clarkson Institute of Technology.
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((12)532pp. Notes. Bibliographies. Index. Maps.)
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