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To the Marianas: War in the Central Pacific 1944
To the Marianas War in the Central Pacific 1944 Author:Edwin P. Hoyt It was America's first great amphibious operation of World War II -- the drive northward through the Pacific to capture the Japanese Strongholds on the Marshall and Mariana Islands. — Hoyt takes us into the center of combat as the Pacific Fleet invades the Marshalls; battles the enemy at Eniwetok, Kwafalein and Saipan; captures Guam and Tinian; a... more »nd, in June of 1944, invades the Marianas. We are there as America's strike force, finally at full strength, crumbles Japan's defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific.
Hoyt shows the battles from both American and Japanese perspectives, and we are allowed a glimpse of the less well-known clashes between the leaders of America's forces, as the Allies drive toward Tokyo across the Central Pacific in one of the greatest operations in military history.« less