Get this video & three more on our U.S. Marines Attack! World War 2 Pacific Battles” DVD [ Ссылка ] The Marianas had tremendous strategic importance as bases for long range B-29 attacks against the Japanese home Islands, for air support for the up coming invasion of the Philippines, and as a staging area for the planned invasion of Japan. Saipan was taken by the 2nd & 4th Marine Divisions and 27th Infantry Division in a battle lasting from from 15 June–9 July 1944. Neighboring Tinian fell to the 2nd & 4th in fighting from July 24th-August 1st 1944. 3rd Marine Division, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade & the 77th Infantry Division took Guam in fighting from 21 July – 10 August 1944. The Japanese defended these islands fiercely, almost to the last man.
While giving a good strategic overview of the campaign, this film focuses on the battle for Saipan, the initial landing point and lynch pin for the the rest of the campaign. 71,000 Americans took on 31,000 well entrenched Japanese. The fighting on Saipan differed from jungle fighting on Guadalcanal. Much of the southern part island is open country, suitable for tanks, but heavily fortified ridges ran the length of the island, where defenders had to be rooted out, yard by yard –vividly recorded here by Marine combat cameramen. Highlights include rare Pacific footage of close air support by P-47 thunderbolts and film shot from the inside of a tank during combat. By the end of the battle, 3,426 Americans had died, with another 10,364 wounded. Japanese losses were staggering: 24,000 killed, an additional 5,000 by suicide & only 821 prisoners.
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