Saipan: The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II

by James H. Hallas

Book Overview

The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple Heart Ridge, Death Valley, and Hell's Pocket, under a commander known as "Howlin' Mad." Naval combat: carriers battling carriers from afar, fighters downing Japanese aircraft, submarines sinking carriers. Marine-army rivalry. Fanatical Japanese defense and resistance. A turning point of the Pacific War. James Hallas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811738434
• ISBN13: 9780811738439
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"