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Burton Barr Central Library
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940.5426 B7918h
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Cholla Library
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940.5426 B7918h
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Summary:
"On June 14, 1944, little more than a week after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, another mighty fleet steamed towards its own D-Day landing. A huge U.S. flotilla of 800 ships carrying 162,000 men was about to attempt to smash into the outer defenses of the Japanese Empire. Their target: the Marianas Island group, which included Saipan, home to an important Japanese base and a large population of Japanese civilians, and Guam, the first American territory captured in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor." "During the next eight weeks tens of thousands of men, hundreds of airplanes, and dozens of major warships were locked in mortal combat. When it was over, 60,000 Japanese ground troops and most of the carrier air power of the Imperial Navy were annihilated; Japan's leader, Tojo, was thrown out of office in disgrace; and the newly captured enemy airfields were being transformed into launching bases for the B-29s that would carry the conventional and, later, atomic bombs to Japan. After the U.S. victory in the Marianas, the road to Tokyo was clearly in sight." "Hell Is Upon Us describes the entire Marianas campaign - World War II's most ambitious combined service operation (Army, Navy, and Marines) and the largest carrier battle in history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-335) and index.
Contents:
- 1. Rendezvous at Casablanca
- 2. The balance of forces
- 3. Securing the flanks
- 4. The battle of the conference rooms
- 5. Baptism of fire
- 6. Storming the outer walls
- 7. Aftermath of Operation Flintlock
- 8. Countdown to Operation Forager
- 9. Closing the ring of steel
- 10. D-Day on Saipan
- 11. Voyage to battle
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- 12. Dragons over the sea
- 13. Twilight raid on mobile fleet
- 14. Battle beyond the beach
- 15. Death valley to purple heart ridge
- 16. North to Marpi Point
- 17. Invasion on Jig Day
- 18. Tinian Heights
- 19. Assault on Guam
- 20. Raising a fallen flag
- 21. The cost of victory.
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