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100 1  $a Hallas, James H., $e author.
245 10 $a Saipan : $b the battle that doomed Japan in World War II / $c James H. Hallas.
264  1 $a Lanham, MD : $b Stackpole Books, $c [2019]
300    $a 552 pages : $b map, illustrations ; $c 24 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographies (p. 526-542) and index.
520    $a 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{u2019}s Pocket, under a commander known as Howlin{u2019} 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 reconstructs the full panorama of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler of the battle has done. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and ultimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle on the beaches and at and above the sea, it rivals Richard Frank{u2019}s modern classic Guadalcanal. This is the definitive military history of the Battle of Saipan.
610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Corps $x World War, 1939-1945. $x World War, 1939-1945.
650  0 $a Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Pacific Ocean.
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