Battle for Tinian : vital stepping stone in America's war against Japan /

This vivid history chronicles the decisive US naval campaign that secured the Japanese island of Tinian'the site that would launch the end of WWII. In July 1944, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army, and Air Corps descended on the Pacific island of Saipan, just three miles away from th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prefer, Nathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : Casemate, ©2012.
Temas:
United States. > Marine Corps > History > 20th century.
United States. > Marine Corps
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military campaigns
Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands) > History, Military.
Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Japon > Histoire > 1945-1952 (Occupation alliée)
Japan
Mariana Islands > Tinian
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tinian : the island
  • The defenders : the Japanese garrison on Tinian
  • Why Tinian?
  • The plan : 'Playing by ear"
  • JIG Day, July 24th
  • Japanese counterattack
  • 25 July 1944 : expanding the beachhead
  • 26 July 1944 : where are the Japanese?"
  • The Marines advance South
  • Tinian town and beyond
  • The bitter end
  • Tinian to Nagasaki
  • Conclusion : the importance of Tinian.

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