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1312:(the so-called "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot") on 19â20 June, the Japanese naval forces were decisively defeated with heavy and irreplaceable losses to their carrier-borne and land-based aircraft.
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In the meantime, in order to secure the flank for U.S. forces preparing to attack
Japanese forces in the Philippines, in September 1944, U.S. Marine and Army forces landed on the islands of
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in July 1944. After heavy fighting, Saipan was secured in July and Guam and Tinian in August 1944. The U.S. then constructed airfields on Saipan and Tinian where
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The United States invasion force was supported by a massive combat force. The Fifth Fleet was commanded by
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Headquarters of the
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Brotherhood of Heroes: The
Marines at Peleliu, 1944: The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War
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and was intended to neutralize
Japanese bases in the central Pacific, support the
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sortied to attack the U.S. Navy fleet supporting the landings. In the resulting
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2081:, United States Army Center of Military History – via Hyperwar Foundation
1941:, Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps – via Hyperwar Foundation
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was also planned but not executed. The offensive, under the overall command of
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2087:"G-3 journal : Expeditionary Troops Task Force 56 : Forager. S.l."
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1689:. Vol. 8 (reissue ed.). Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
1990:, Marines in World War II Commemorative Series, United States Marine Corps
1917:, United States Government Printing Office – via Hyperwar Foundation
1914:
The
Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner
1769:. Campaign 110. illustrated by Howard Gerrard. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
1750:. Campaign 137. illustrated by Howard Gerrard. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
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1659:
The Fleet at Flood Tide: The U.S. at Total War in the
Pacific, 1944â1945
1536:
Drea, Edward J. (1998). "An Allied
Interpretation of the Pacific War".
3511:
1440:"Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam (Operation in Forager)"
1244:
127:
1263:, and provide bases for a strategic bombing campaign against Japan.
1538:
In the
Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army
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2060:, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
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1231:. The campaign consisted of Operation Forager, which captured the
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Hold the Marianas: The Japanese Defense of the Mariana Islands
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were based to conduct strategic bombing missions against the
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United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific
1832:
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942â1944
1687:
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
1559:
A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941â1945
2771:
Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
1748:
Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire
1500:
Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II
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To the Far Side of Hell: The Battle for Peleliu, 1944
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New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944âAugust 1944
27:
United States military campaign during World War II
1997:"USMC Historical Monograph: The Seizure of Tinian"
1971:"USMC Historical Monograph: The Recapture of Guam"
1785:
1724:
1556:
2054:"The Assault on Peleliu (The Seizure of Peleliu)"
1479:. Lecture 14. Professor Craig Symonds
2035:. Marine Corps Historical Center. Archived from
1809:Carrier Battles: Command Decision in Harm's Way
1011:Granite II (Mariana and Palau Islands campaign)
98:
1984:"Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam"
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1954:United States Army Center of Military History
1925:Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
1335:until the end of World War II, including the
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8:
2033:Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
1270:. Task Force 58, commanded by Vice Admiral
2010:"Palau Islands and Ulithi Islands Campaign"
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1767:Peleliu 1944: The Forgotten Corner of Hell
1618:D-day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan
1601:. Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer.
1540:. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
1235:, and Operation Statemate, which captured
1227:between June and November 1944 during the
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95:
1894:"The Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot"
1637:The Devil's Anvil: The Assault on Peleliu
82:Learn how and when to remove this message
2029:"Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu"
1580:The Liberation of Guam 21 Julyâ10 August
130:during the U.S. landings on that island.
45:This article includes a list of general
1952:. U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II.
1431:
3957:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union
4828:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
4260:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
3906:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
3862:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
2967:Rape during the occupation of Germany
1253:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
7:
3950:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
2982:Rape during the liberation of France
1933:Hoffman, Major Carl W. USMC (1950),
1765:Moran, Jim; Rottman, Gordon (2002).
1201: Operation Causeway (cancelled)
5413:Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
4176:German invasion of the Netherlands
2456:Weather events during World War II
2093:, United States Marine Corps, 1944
1935:"Saipan: The Beginning of the End"
1209:Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
436:Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
99:Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
51:it lacks sufficient corresponding
25:
4807:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
2075:"The Approach to the Philippines"
1661:. Random House Publishing Group.
1477:World War II: The Pacific Theater
1403:, 15 September â 27 November 1944
1315:U.S. forces executed landings on
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1409:, 17 September â 22 October 1944
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36:
2091:Fleet Marine Force. G-3 Section
2068:– via Hyperwar Foundation
1297:in June 1944. In response, the
1215:, was an offensive launched by
126:loaded with Marines approaches
5054:Vietnamese famine of 1944â1945
2764:Territorial changes of Germany
2672:Indonesian National Revolution
1988:Marine Corps Historical Center
1811:. U.S. Naval Institute Press.
1582:. Novato, CA: Presidio Press.
1289:forces, with support from the
1:
4454:Japanese invasion of Thailand
4405:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
4169:German invasion of Luxembourg
2550:Mediterranean and Middle East
1946:Anderson, Charles R. (2003).
4361:Invasion of the Soviet Union
4050:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
3368:Independent State of Croatia
2003:, United States Marine Corps
1977:, United States Marine Corps
1704:O'Brien, Francis A. (2003).
1620:. Indiana University Press.
1616:Goldberg, Harold J. (2007).
1310:Battle of the Philippine Sea
962:Manchuria and Northern Korea
5345:End of World War II in Asia
5185:Western invasion of Germany
4692:Chinese famine of 1942â1943
4669:Second Battle of El Alamein
4239:Hundred Regiments Offensive
4211:Battle of the Mediterranean
4064:Italian invasion of Albania
2238:Air warfare of World War II
2073:Smith, Robert Ross (1996),
1373:beginning in January 1945.
760:Dutch East Indies (1941â42)
717:Strategic bombing (1944â45)
5429:
5271:Naval bombardment of Japan
4639:First Battle of El Alamein
4558:Battle of Christmas Island
4503:Japanese invasion of Burma
4267:Italian invasion of Greece
4183:German invasion of Belgium
4155:German invasion of Denmark
4128:1939â1940 Winter Offensive
3997:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
2261:Comparative military ranks
1982:O'Brien, Cyril J. (1994),
1807:Smith, Douglas V. (2006).
1391:, 21 July â 10 August 1944
1371:Volcano and Ryukyu Islands
1283:United States Marine Corps
909:Volcano and Ryukyu Islands
5360:
5192:BratislavaâBrno offensive
5123:Dutch famine of 1944â1945
4747:Allied invasion of Sicily
4607:Aleutian Islands campaign
4579:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
4517:Greek famine of 1941â1944
4412:Second Battle of Changsha
4317:German invasion of Greece
4162:Battle of ZaoyangâYichang
2504:North and Central Pacific
2147:
2058:USMC Historical Monograph
2027:Gayle, Gordon D. (1996).
1995:Hoffman, Carl W. (1951),
1939:USMC Historical Monograph
1635:Hallas, James H. (1994).
1563:. Naval Institute Press.
1517:Denfeld, D. Colt (1997).
1498:D'Albas, Andrieu (1965).
1464:Operation Granite II 1944
1397:, 24 July â 1 August 1944
1281:Beginning the offensive,
1195: Operation Stalemate
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103:
4784:Allied invasion of Italy
4761:Solomon Islands campaign
4510:Third Battle of Changsha
4107:First Battle of Changsha
4013:Second Sino-Japanese War
2953:German military brothels
2819:United States war crimes
2052:Hough, Frank O. (1950),
1922:Chapin, John C. (1994),
1873:(Report). Archived from
1868:Campaign Plan Granite II
1840:Wright, Derrick (2005).
1835:. New York: W.W. Norton.
1792:. Simon & Schuster.
1746:Rottman, Gordon (2004).
1369:in October 1944 and the
1213:Campaign Plan Granite II
996:Second Sino-Japanese War
836:Estevan Point Lighthouse
591:Indian Ocean (1941â1945)
542:MarshallsâGilberts raids
394:8,125 killed and missing
5206:Second Guangxi campaign
5061:Philippines (1944â1945)
4565:Battle of the Coral Sea
4468:Fall of the Philippines
4114:Battle of South Guangxi
4020:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
3426:Italian Social Republic
2008:Chen, C. Peter (2007),
1727:Peleliu: Tragic Triumph
1385:, 15 June â 9 July 1944
1293:, executed landings on
1189: Operation Forager
598:Japanese merchant raids
66:more precise citations.
4791:Armistice of Cassibile
4593:Battle of Dutch Harbor
4544:Battle of the Java Sea
4447:Attack on Pearl Harbor
4347:SyriaâLebanon campaign
4340:Battle of South Shanxi
4310:Invasion of Yugoslavia
4093:Battle of the Atlantic
3707:Korean Liberation Army
3420:(until September 1943)
3377:(until September 1944)
3355:(until September 1944)
1911:Dyer, George Carroll,
1723:Ross, Bill D. (1991).
1639:. Praeger Publishers.
1597:Gailey, Harry (1984).
1578:Gailey, Harry (1988).
1555:Dull, Paul S. (1978).
1299:Imperial Japanese Navy
897:Hiroshima and Nagasaki
741:Burma and India (1944)
564:Gilberts and Marshalls
214:Commanders and leaders
4955:Second Battle of Guam
4851:Bengal famine of 1943
4821:Second Battle of Kiev
4777:Battle of the Dnieper
4482:Battle of Wake Island
4354:East African campaign
4296:Battle of South Henan
3941:atrocities by Germans
3714:Korean Volunteer Army
2695:Occupation of Germany
2449:Music in World War II
2014:World War II Database
1898:World War II Database
1677:Morison, Samuel Eliot
1655:Hornfischer, James D.
1333:Japanese home islands
807:Philippines (1944â45)
765:Philippines (1941â42)
389:Casualties and losses
5241:Surrender of Germany
4719:Battle of West Hubei
4676:Guadalcanal campaign
4646:Battle of Stalingrad
4572:Battle of Madagascar
3346:Albania protectorate
3133:(formerly Swaziland)
2842:Wehrmacht war crimes
2658:Expulsion of Germans
2442:Art and World War II
2340:British contribution
2289:Governments in exile
1969:Lodge, O.R. (1954),
1784:Sloan, Bill (2005).
1475:The Great Courses.
1259:drive to retake the
608:Homfreyganj massacre
142:June â November 1944
5331:Potsdam Declaration
5220:Italy (Spring 1945)
4983:Liberation of Paris
4440:Siege of Sevastopol
3458:(until August 1944)
3361:Wang Jingwei regime
3183:from September 1943
3143:from September 1944
3081:from September 1944
2941:Romanian war crimes
2932:Persecution of Jews
2918:Croatian war crimes
2888:Japanese war crimes
2702:Occupation of Japan
2651:First Indochina War
2363:Military production
2275:Declarations of war
1706:Battling for Saipan
1502:. Devin-Adair Pub.
1268:Raymond A. Spruance
253:William H. Rupertus
228:Raymond A. Spruance
5324:Surrender of Japan
5157:Battle of Iwo Jima
5006:Belgrade offensive
4419:Siege of Leningrad
4303:Battle of Shanggao
4232:British Somaliland
4197:Dunkirk evacuation
4148:Norwegian campaign
4086:Invasion of Poland
3913:Japanese prisoners
2881:Italian war crimes
2812:British war crimes
2727:Soviet occupations
2511:South-West Pacific
2398:Allied cooperation
2356:Military equipment
1844:. Fire Ant Books.
1708:. Presidio Press.
1521:. White Mane Pub.
1420:West Loch disaster
1291:United States Navy
1287:United States Army
1276:Richmond K. Turner
1243:, the invasion of
1241:Operation Causeway
1065:
955:Japanese surrender
921:Naval bombardments
851:Fire balloon bombs
574:Volcano and Ryukyu
569:Marianas and Palau
233:Richmond K. Turner
5398:
5397:
5356:
5355:
5199:Battle of Okinawa
5098:Burma (1944â1945)
4932:Mariana and Palau
4712:Tunisian campaign
4537:Fall of Singapore
4461:Fall of Hong Kong
4204:Battle of Britain
4057:Operation Himmler
3966:
3965:
3630:Dutch East Indies
3273:Southern Rhodesia
3025:
3024:
2925:Genocide of Serbs
2828:German war crimes
2805:Soviet war crimes
2798:Allied war crimes
2644:Division of Korea
2623:Chinese Civil War
2421:Strategic bombing
2333:Manhattan Project
2039:on 1 January 2007
2001:Historical Branch
1975:Historical Branch
1627:978-0-253-34869-2
1466:, pp. 10â23.
1401:Battle of Peleliu
1319:in June 1944 and
1249:Chester W. Nimitz
1221:Imperial Japanese
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1414:See also
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1039:900miles
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949:Downfall
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704:Tiderace
661:Thailand
379:128,000
374:Strength
147:Location
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