Battle for Tinian : vital stepping stone in America's war against Japan / Nathan N. Prefer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prefer, Nathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Northern Mariana Islands--Tinian.

World War, 1939-1945.

Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands)--History, Militrary.

Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands).

Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.

Japan.

United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Casemate, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In July 1944, the 9,000-man Japanese garrison on the island of Tinian listened warily as the thunder of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army and Air Corps, descended on their neighboring island, Saipan, just three miles away. There were 20,000 Japanese troops on Saipan, but the US obliterated the opposition after a horrific all-arms campaign. The sudden silence only indicated it was now Tinian's turn.By the time the US 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions switched their sights to Tinian, the island had already been bombarded for a month; meantime both sides had learned their lessons from the

Contents:

Acknowledgments; 1. TINIAN: THE ISLAND; 2. THE DEFENDERS: THE JAPANESE GARRISON ON TINIAN; 3. WHY TINIAN?; 4. THE PLAN: ""PLAYING BY EAR""; 5. JIG DAY: JULY 24TH; 6. JAPANESE COUNTERATTACK; 7. 25 JULY 1944: EXPANDING THE BEACHHEAD; 8. 26 JULY 1944: WHERE ARE THE JAPANESE?; 9. THE MARINES ADVANCE SOUTH; 10. TINIAN TOWN AND BEYOND; 11. THE BITTER END; 12. TINIAN TO NAGASAKI; 13. CONLUSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF TINIAN; Appendix A: Leading Personalities; Appendix B: Order of Battle-U.S. Forces; Appendix C: Order of Battle-Japanese Forces; Appendix D: Distribution of Casualties

Appendix E: U.S. marine Division, 1944Appendix F: medal of Honor Citations; Appendix G: Ship Histories; Notes; Bibliographic essay; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612001074

1612001076

OCLC:

797916126