Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
The [15 June 1944] campaign on Saipan…brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced in subsequent operations in the Central and Western Pacific in the days that lay ahead in the Pacific War. Holland Smith declared it “the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive” for it “opened the way to the home islands.” Japanese General Saito had written that “the fate of the Empire will be decided in this one action.” It had truly been a “strategic strike” for the United States. - Summary by John C. Chapin
Genre(s): War & Military
Language: English
Keyword(s): wwii (18), usmc (10), marines (9), war in the pacific (6), marines in the pacific (5), world war 2 (2), marines in wwii (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Chapter 1 - Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan | Aaron Bennett |
00:19:56 |
| Play 02 | Chapter 2 - Sidebars | Aaron Bennett |
00:09:09 |
| Play 03 | Chapter 3 - D+1–D+2, 16–17 June; Sidebars | Aaron Bennett |
00:08:52 |
| Play 04 | Chapter 4 - D+3, 18 June; D+4–D+7, 19–22 June; Sidebar | Aaron Bennett |
00:12:18 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 5: Part 1 - D+8–D+15, 23–30 June | Aaron Bennett |
00:13:46 |
| Play 06 | Chapter 5: Part 2 - D+8–D+15, 23–30 June | Aaron Bennett |
00:12:18 |
| Play 07 | Chapter 6 - D+16–D+19, 1–4 July | Aaron Bennett |
00:08:34 |
| Play 08 | Chapter 7 - D+20–D+23, 5–8 July | Aaron Bennett |
00:13:20 |
| Play 09 | Chapter 8 - D+24, 9 July; Sidebars; Saipan”s Legacy | Aaron Bennett |
00:16:08 |