Stackpole Books Saipan: the battle that doomed japan in world war ii, hardcover/james h. hallas

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Description 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 reconstructs the fu.