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2473:, one minor comment I somehow forgot to post: These sentences "This battle sealed the fate for the Japanese forces defending Saipan. Though they did not know it, they could not expect expect further assistance." are great for a research paper or article, but are not encyclopedic. Something like this would be much better: "As a result of this battle, the Japanese troops on Saipan could not be reinforced, resupplied or provided military support anymore." Also consider replacing the word "doomed" with something neutral. 513:(4). Removed discussion of China-based B-29s, except for explaining the origination of the Yawata Steel Works raid. The relation of China bases vs. the Marianas is a complicated issue that evolved over time. For example, China-based bombing, supplemented by bases in the Aleutians-based bombing, was conceived as a sufficient project in its own right at the First Quebec Conference in 1943, though one of the justifications for the strategy was lack of available islands. (see C.C.S 323 on pp. 721:. When first working on this article, I could see that authors quickly got caught up in the MacArthur-King tension. My goal is to keep discussion of it to a minimum: acknowledging it and getting the facts right but focusing on the invasion. Both you and Hawkeye have provided with more guidance to help me better navigate these complexities. I'll do my best to address your concerns without being enmeshed in the details. I'm sure you two will guide me where I need to work it out more. 1935:
accessible. For example, the acknowledged history for the 27th Infantry is Edmund Love's book, which is hard to get hold of, and has the additional problem of getting POV'ed into the Smith vs. Smith controversy. Kaune's overview has the advantage of being written from a historical distance, and the DTIC thought it was good enough to post (which doesn't mean it was closely review, of course.) It sounds like the discussion is appropriate and I'll take a look.
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be costly, and there were concerns about their suitability as a base given that they had no harbours. (see Hayes, pp. 545-548) Another conference was held in Washington in March, but there was still no decision on the Marianas vs Truk. (Hayes, p. 555) Sherman argued that the Marianas could be used to neutralise Truk. (Hayes, p. 556) As noted, JCS the decided on 12 March to invade the Marianas on 15 June. (Hayes, p. 560)
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means exist, due weight should be accorded to the fact that operations in the Central Pacific promise at this time a more rapid advance toward Japan and her vital lines of communication." (Hayes, p. 550) So priority, yes, but the acceleration of MacArthur's timetable under Reno IV undermined the rationale for it.
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I'd like to build a modest logistics section as per Hawkeye's suggestion. I considered logistics. I deferred because I'd have to think about how to keep it simple. The complexity of detail could risk overwhelming an article that is already on the long side. But I like the challenge. Logistics is the
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The debate over the schedule in March 1944 is covered in Matloff pp. 455-459. The SWPA and POA staffs debated the issue at a conference in Pearl Harbor on 27-28 January 1944. Kenney, Kinkaid, Sutherland, Towers and Sherman all expressed reservations about the Marianas operation. Sherman felt it would
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For this comment, I'd like to get a bit more help from you about the maps. The Battle of Saipan map has the frontlines at each section of the narrative, and labels all the places mentioned in the narrative. (Except Tanapag plain, which is mentioned in context as between Makunsha and Tanapag.) But I
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The material on the use of Saipan as a B-29 base is confusing. This was always one of the main goals of the operation, reflecting long-term plans (the overarching strategy was to develop B-29 baes in the Marianas, with the operation in China always being a stop-gap until airfields in the islands were
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Nick-D's challenge with the maps. Tracking all the references in the narrative can be a terror. Nick-D has given me an easy solution, which is to take the best from Hoffman, Crowl and Shaw et al and use them. I may. Before going that direction, I'd like to experiment with creating a set consistent
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I'm hoping that the two paragraphs focused on King and the CCS make the main point about King's insistence while getting the reader quickly to Saipan. It would be nice to have an article that got into these gnarly details that could be linked. I find it fascinating, and appreciate the deeper dive in
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I'd suggest adding maps (where available, from the US official histories and similar) to illustrate the key engagements. A map of the landing/lodgement phase of the operation would be very useful, for instance. A map showing the 'Smith vs Smith' phase of operations would help to illustrate the issue
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I am nominating this article for A-Class review because The Battle of Saipan was one of the major battles in the 1941-1945 Pacific War, it's 80th anniversary is on 15 June 2024. I started with this article cleaning up references for one issue, and realized this article could use a major overhaul and
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the Admiralty Islands, and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns referred to in the previous paragraph. For the record, CCS 417 (at Cairo) said: "The advance in the Pacific shall be simultaneous along both axes and shall be mutually supporting, that when conflicts in timing and allocation of
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Nick-D, I feel I owe you a special apology. I recently read your Bugle article on doing a review, and saw I did one of your "don'ts" when I let you know I'd be delayed in responding just after you took the time to review. An unfortunate mix of the article catching interest two days before I had to
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I know if we move down to the finer grain of the JCS, SWPOA, and POA discussions, it gets more complicated. As you mention, the Pearl Harbor and Washington conferences continued the back and forth about the Marianas. The debate constantly shifts: a number of the individuals took different sides of
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The intended point wasn't to get into the controversial and charged issue of what caused the Japanese to surrender (e. g., strategic bombing, submarine warfare, the Soviet declaration of war, the atomic bombs, and more.). My intention was to emphasize the effect B-29 bombing had on Japanese morale
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Just to note regarding Hawkeye's great comments below, it's common for articles on battles of the Pacific War to need a surprising amount of material explaining how they fitted into each protagonist's strategy and the strategic situation. This is because most of the battles were essentially small
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for questions regarding his reports during and after the war, which are used widely in reliable sources to describe the Japanese side of the battle.) The date can be argued for: It's at the end of the monsoon season and closer to the original date set at the Cairo conference, but that'd be
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I'm so glad to hear it. I think I get the original policy. In contentious issues, a Master's may not be a reliable source for making an argument. But in historical reviews like this, I find that master's theses can be great sources for giving an overview, particularly when they are web
768:, for both the compliment and the feedback. I'll be one the road this coming week, so a bit slow in addressing most of the points raised until I get back. I'll first address Nick-D's. In particular, our bullet points 1, 2 and 4 look like they may take a bit more thinking through. 2589: 637:
can see a reader may not want to keep clicking back to that map. I could certainly add more in the sections. Where would would you like to see them, How many is reasonable, and what level of focus (whole island, or zoom in to the front?) would you like to see?
369:"The attack took out nearly one-third of the 435 planes in Vice Admiral Kakuji Kakuta's 1st Air Fleet, which had been deployed to defend the Marianas" - this is the first time this force has been noted, despite there being a section focused on Japanese defences. 2685: 2058:
Kept the citation, but consolidated it and expanded it to page 4. Qualified the point with dependent clause mentioning Chengdu with link that mentions the airfields. IF you feel I'm still not capturing the point made by Craven and Cate, let me know.
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fn 97 is dubious. Text says: " moved closer to shore because the sea was found to be free of mines". Source says: (on pp. 74-75, not 75) "none of the ships was allowed to move closer than 10,000 yards (five nautical miles) from the shore for fear of
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stand-alone campaigns given the geography of the war (e.g. in comparison to the European theatre of the war where battles tended to occur in fairly rapid succession as part of general offensives and don't need as much introductory material).
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King had decided that with the capture of the Gilberts and Marshalls, the Marianas would be the next objective. This goal been formally endorsed by the Allies at the Cairo Conference in November 1943, which set their invasion for 1 October
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and perceptions. I'm hoping the rewrite makes this more clear. One of citations points towards quotes from ten Japanese leaders in addition to the two that I left in the text. (The remaining two were inherited from the original article.)
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On second thought, the links to Kagman and Marpi aren't necessary, and the sfn conversion is also not required. There's a minor correction needed, though. The link for Yuki Tanaka points to a volleyball player, the article we want is
2657: 1307:"To prepare for the upcoming naval battle, the American transports continued to unload supplies and reinforcements throughout June 17." This is wrong; they would have done this anyway. Move the first phrase to the next sentence. 833:¶ 2–3. Global overview of Marianas status as strategic objective. Steps back to 1943 with focus on three conferences: discussing through King's advocacy for the Marianas and the CCS decisions. Also note MacArthur's concerns. 177:
expansion, particularly with sources, maps and images. I think it has come far enough for a peer review. To those who take a look, thank you. And I hope I have helped to make this topic interesting to you and other readers.
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Please clarify whether you are in full support of promotion of this article to A-class in view of the previous edit. If so, it appears ready for promotion and I will make the necessary change to the assessment. Thanks.
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I didn't link Kagman because the text refers to the peninsula, not the village. The article on Kagman is also bare at this point. But if you think the link would help readers get a geographic sense of the location, I
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Suggest moving the first paragraph of "Japanese naval response" back into the "Japanese defensive preparations" section, and the other two into the "Battle of the Philippine Sea" to reduce disruption of the narrative.
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The material presenting one view of the importance of strategic bombing in the Japanese surrender is out of place, and this is a famously complex and debated topic so it's not NPOV to present only one view and not the
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Chapin (1994) has location, but nothing else does. Personally, I prefer locations as it is the usual academic style and therefore aids someone lifting the source, but removal is easy and will make the references
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to Preparatory Attacks. I didn't give specific numbers as the various sources wildly disagree. What is clear is the land-based airpower was devastated. I used Toll's estimate of 100, as it was more conservative.
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This section should also cover the overall Japanese plan for the defence of the Mariana Islands, including the plans to use aircraft and the IJN to defeat the US invasion fleet - this appears much later in the
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available). Reflecting this, airfield construction crews arrived fairly early in the piece. The article presents all of this as being a bit of an afterthought rather than central to the entire operation.
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in this larger reworking. Interestingly, most sources do not focus on this. My guess is because the Japanese were focused on reacting to the action around Biak and assuming a strike into the Carolines.
2681: 1121:"the timing of the invasion surprised the Japanese, who thought they had until November to complete their defense" If you have the book, I would be interested in knowing what footnote 43 refers to. 2236:
Originally, I had right-aligned all images, but Nick-D recommended the variety in image placement. I think the suggestion makes the page look a little better. I did set up the images to avoiding
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Deleted format and replaced with narrative section I didn't change this because I thought this was an informal "best practice" for Pacific War Island articles, as so many of them have this.
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Link in the biblio to John W. Dover, Thomas Havens, Daikichi Irokawa, Noriko Kawamura, Michael Kort, Yuki Tanaka, William T. Y'Blood, Richard P. Hallion, Preston Cloud, Vincent O'Hara?
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The 'Japanese defensive preparations' section doesn't really capture the importance the Japanese assigned to Saipan: they knew that it would become a dangerous B-29 base if captured.
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I've kept the narrative at a high strategic level, focusing on King and the CCS in paragraphs 2 and 3. Mention MacArthur's concerns note the SWPA concerns regarding POA operations.
1458:"The capture of Saipan, along with MacArthur's victory in Hollandia, pierced the Japanese Exclusive National Defense Sphere." Except that on your map, Hollandia is not within it. 1423:"Though many civilians were able to surrender early in the battle. surrender became more difficult as the battle moved into the northern mountains." Replace full stop with comma. 358:
whole section I disliked this section when I started editing, but thought it was a kind of template for the Pacific War island battles as I find it everywhere. As per Hawkeye7's
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Deleted conflation of grand strategic decision making (CCS) with more operational decisions. Section omits mention of Gilberts and Marshalls. Rewords CCS statement at Cairo to
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I think the problem is it should be page number 76, which now corrected. This references Oldendorf's old battleships, not Lee's newer one's, which pp. 74–75 are referring to.
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the argument at different times. (e.g., Nimitz being willing to forego the Marianas as a result of the Pearl Harbor discussion, and King having to him of the Cairo decision.)
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I used their middle initial when introducing them, but here I'm using first names to distinguish the Smiths. If you think I should include their middle initial, let me know.
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The sentence starting with 'The speed with which the Marshalls were occupied' is a bit over-complicated, and it would be good to note when the invasion was brought forward.
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Fixed. This was an artifact of addressing a concern by Nick-D, moving information without deleting the original. Latest reworking integrates this in the context of Cairo.
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Are any of the links in the 'See also' section really needed? If these people played a significant role in the battle, they should be linked in the body of the article.
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It's good to see this article on a key battle of World War II here. It needs a fair bit more work to reach A-class status though, and I have the following comments:
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Interestingly, Arnold didn't see the value of using mandate islands as bomber bases even as late as the Quebec conference, stating most were atolls. (see pp.
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It's confusing referring to the US divisions as the '27th Infantry', '2nd Marines', etc: these terms are usually used for regiments (especially in the USMC).
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I inherited this from the article, but I think the intention here is to distinguish naval personnel killed on ships from those who were killed on the island.
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Swapped out Hemler Masters for doctorate. Lost the Kaune, though I do feel badly as it is a publically accessible work focused on the 27th Infantry divsion
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point about Hollandia. Source is incorrect. Three other sources– Tanaka, 2023, Willoughby 1994 (The Reports of MacArthur, map on p. 227) and Smith 2006 (
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Although King was nominally CNO, this was an administrative role. His authority derived from being CinC US Fleet (COMINCH) and should be referred as such.
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The second paragraph is not incorrect, but it is misleading, because this decision to give priority to the Central Pacific drive was taken in May 1943,
2174:"resignation of Prime Minister of Japan Hideki TĹŤjĹŤ": change to "resignation of Hideki TĹŤjĹŤ, the Prime Minister of Japan" for the same reason as above? 603:
Deleted many, shifted a few. The original presentation was an experiment in presenting many images, each illustrating a topic in the text but avoiding
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Although Nimitz was CinC Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), in this context he should be referred to by his other role, as CinC Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPOA).
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Overall, a very fine article, there were some very minor grammatical errors which I corrected, I hope you do not mind. That's all from me, cheers
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The grammar in the sentence starting 'It was had a wide gap just north of Charan Kanoa' is a bit off, and the sentence as a whole is over-complex
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I have finished a first pass through your thoughtful comments. I particularly appreciate your kindness as you wade through the typos and errors.
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Done, Nick-D noted that I needed to add that information, so it may have been missed. (Or perhaps it wasn't enough.) It's now in main text under
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The Opposing forces section needs to be referenced, and there's inconsistencies in how the names of various senior officers are presented here.
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I've done a set of maps. If you go to the page for each map Wikimedia Commons, the pages where the frontlines were derived are linked there.
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Issue of priority has been deleted. Paragraph 3 mentions only that CCS supported the Southwest Pacific drive and the Central Pacific Drive.
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That alternative format is to prevent a cite error. (There are two citations to the same page, but one has a ps and the other doesn't.
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with the .svg, but that requires some care and they'd require review. If it gets overwhelming, I can try Nick-D's suggested default.
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I put 1565Morison (thanks!) as he is already given as a source. Three other sources I looked up. One gave an exact date 3 Feb 1565.
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I've attempted to address all the concerns for this round. Logistics section and maps I mentioned as final items have been drafted.
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Delete the "Further resistance" heading; it is only one paragraph. (Consider moving the paragraph into the "Aftermath" section.)
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Masters dissertations and theses are considered reliable only if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence.
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I have had a go at getting the books into alphabetic order, correcting a couple of typos and adding some more author links.
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Suggest making "Battle of Philippine Sea" a separate section, as it is not part of Southern Saipan (or rename that section)
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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by Koiso, but Tojo was also Minister of the Army and Chief of the Army General Staff; he was succeeded in those posts by
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added "as prime minister". It helps keeps the article focused, but I will be looking up the other two. I'm curious.
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Many died by throwing themselves off cliffs at places that would become known as "Suicide Cliff" and "Banzai Cliff"
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terms of understanding the complexities but trying to reflect them simply that your comments have led me to. (The
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Miller 1991 is the only source which uses the Citation template instead of Cite book, consider using the latter?
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I copy edited the Logistics section to remove a series of typos. (Pet peeve: "ordinance" instead of "ordnance")
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This is excellent work by a skilled content creator, and I am surprised that I haven't encountered you before.
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Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific: The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions
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here in the Japanese strategic plan heading. Further modifications to Kakuta's role in the article include a
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The Lacey sources a G-2 intelligence report from 11 July 1944 interrogating Major "Kiyoshi Yoshida". (see
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27th Infantry Division, delete "Major General" Is it more American to use their middle initials as well?
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Kelly Turner commanded TF 51, of which TF 52, which he also commanded, was a part. This should be added.
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I didn't link this as it references the point, not the village, but will add if it will help readers.
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I checked the convenience link the the citation, and it looks like it works. I'll put it here: p.
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The invasion the Marianas, codenamed Forager, was originally scheduled for October–November 1944.
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Except that I kept the Hiroyu OCLC to the English language version I had. I hope that's okay.
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Link moved to first instance. Most suggested changes from here until "Logistics" is in this
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Thank you for the reply, Nick-D. Please see my comment at the bottom of Hawkeye7's review.
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Thank you for the image review, Hawkeye7, and for the compliments regarding the maps.
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head out and the resulting real life situation require a lot more care than I thought.
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Recommend moving footnote b into the body. This is an important part of the campaign.
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mainly concerned that only Sheeks emphasizes the point made in the middle citation.
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immediately after; Ponape and Truk were to be secured first. (see Matloff, p. 377)
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Recommend moving the map in the Opposing forces section down to this section.
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Many soldiers were stranded survivors of sunken ships headed to other islands.
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Spot checks 12, 17, 81, 97, 156, 160, 316 - mostly okay, some issues (above)
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Yes, it had been moved to the west of New Guinea in April 1944 following the
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Use the template to provide Celsius temperatures for the Fahrenheit values?
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Dod (1987): is also part of the United States Army in world War II series.
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Suggestion is a good one. Not implemented yet, please see response at end.
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I may have to rework again to avoid sandwiching once more maps are added.
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to fix spelling error in first mention of "Division" in previous diff.)
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Morison says that the Marianas were claimed in 1565, as does the CIA.
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to be added to sources soon)– put the line to the west of Hollandia.
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adding the Marianas as an objective for the Central Pacific offensive
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The Mechanism for Strategic Coercion: Denial or Second Order Change?
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Quimby, Frank J. (2017). "Spain in the Mariana Islands, 1521–1898".
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I have had the same experience. There is currently a discussion at
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background as first paragraph of the "Military Geography" section.
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to avoid single paragraph sections and other issues raised below.
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Why is Defense Technical Information Center only linked once?
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Most suggested changes from here until "Logistics" is in this
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Consider converting the Y'Blood 1981 reference to an sfn tag?
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I appreciate yout taking the time to look over the article.
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My own master's thesis gets more citations than the PhD.
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Remainder moved to 18:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Military history 2690:File:Isely Field with B-29s in mid 1945.jpg 2169:reworked paragraph and removed sea of blue. 1411:7–9 July: Gyokusai attack and battle's end 1345:21-24 June: Central Saipan, initial attack 1291:First image is a red link for some reason. 413:"Division" added to each unit when named: 2574:File:Garapan Fire, Saipan, 3 July 1944.jpg 1818:Craven and Cate is volume V, not volume VI 145: 1830:Forrestel (1966): Capitalise "government" 1580:bedrock of the campaign. Section created. 1370:25-30 June: Central Saipan, breakthrough 615:Maps added...I think sandwiching is okay. 83:Instructions for nominators and reviewers 2558:File:Marines and King Kong on Saipan.jpg 1956:Sheeks (1945) is out of alphabetic order 1881:Use degree= rather than type= for theses 1836:Hornfischer (2016) Add OCLC (1016508640) 316:a subsection on Japan's defensive plans. 2696:All images are appropriately licenced. 2089:I think these have all been addressed. 2048:Changes for this and above are in this 1887:Sullivan (1995) is a book chapter from 1689:and it says 1565 too. Can we re-check? 1396:1–6 July: Pursuit into northern Saipan 1218:Narrative descriptions are now sourced. 148: 138: 2606:File:Map of B-29 range from Saipan.svg 2598:File:Saipan flamethrower (cropped).jpg 1961:United States Strategic Bombing Survey 1871: 919: 887: 488:Material has been reworked as follows: 2666:File:Inferno by William F. Draper.jpg 2562:File:USMC-M-Saipan-p891 (cropped).jpg 1863:Journal articles, reports and theses 607:; it didn't look too bad on a mobile. 462:Section deleted in latest reworking. 7: 2280:Link to Magicienne Bay (Laolao Bay)? 1299:"on June 20" should be "on 20 June" 388:in Japanese Naval Response, and an 32:The following discussion is closed. 886:The third is even more misleading. 2652:- Wikipedian image - CC 4.0 - okay 823:.) Intended logic of presentation: 28: 2019:Consider consolidating fn 287-289 1267:Material rearranged. New section 2728:The discussion above is closed. 2646:File:Banzai Cliff Cenotaphs2.JPG 2642:File:American Memorial Park3.jpg 2570:File:Rocket-launchers-Saipan.jpg 2446: 2427:. Otherwise, happy to extend my 2379: 2348: 2317: 2285: 2268: 2251: 2213: 2180: 2161: 2039: 2023: 2008: 2004:fn 160: page number for Morison? 1993: 1970: 1897: 1843: 1526:section added after casualties. 1058:Japanese defensive preparations 1022:and its been expanded slightly. 891:This is incorrect. The Marianas 376:Kakuta's 1st Air Fleet has been 2692:- US military image - PD - okay 2650:File:Banzai Cliff in Saipan.JPG 1644:Great work! Some final points: 1061:fn 35 contains a stray bracket 207:Sentence broken into two. This 68:« Return to A-Class review list 2208:Link to line of communication? 1294:Fixed (in some previous edit). 1: 2672:- US Navy artwork - PD - okay 2614:File:Battle of Saipan Map.svg 802:American strategic objectives 187:16:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC) 2634:File:From Mount Tapochau.jpg 2622:File:Saipan June 24-crop.png 2618:File:Saipan June 15-crop.png 2553:Lots of images in this one. 1884:Plung (2021): use title case 1288:June 16–20: Southern Saipan 1064:Someone graciously fixed it. 341:) 02:32, 9 April 2024 (UTC) 279:) 02:32, 9 April 2024 (UTC) 2626:File:Saipan July 7-crop.png 2600:- US Navy image - PD - okay 2189:Part of paragraph reworking 1516:Nothing on logistics. Sigh. 1310:Reworked as per suggestion. 433:Aftermath section has been 312:The background section now 2747: 2431:for promotion to A Class. 2143:. 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