The Seizure Of Tinian
by Major Carl W. Hoffman, USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
During the Second World War the American forces in the Pacific engaged in the greatest series of amphibious assaults ever known against tenacious Japanese foe. Many of the assaults turned into brutal bloody encounters, marred often by a lack of experience in these difficult operations against extensive prepared positions; Tinian proved to be the most successful of all of the seaborne operations of the Pacific War. Contains 66 photos and 13 maps and charts.
Saipan
The Beginning Of The End
by Major Carl W. Hoffman, USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
On the outcome of the Battle of Saipain hung the fate of the Pacific War, if the Japanese were to lost this island then the Home Islands would finally be in range of serious American bombing. As the fanatical resistance of the Japanese was raised to fever pitch by the exhortations of the high command, whilst the Marines who had learnt hard lessons on assault landings knew that the capture of Saipan could shorten the war immeasurably; so was set one of the bloodiest battles of the entire Pacific Campaign. The Japanese fought with insane courage, leading to massed banzai charges and civilian suicides; matches by the gritty determination of the experienced Marines to conquer. Contains 103 photos and 24 maps and charts.
The Recapture Of Guam
by Major O.R. Lodge, USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Set in the Marianas group of islands is the American possession of Guam, U.S. territory since 1898; it was the captured by the Japanese soon after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor and served as a symbol of the Japanese expansion. The American Forces sailed into view of Guam in 1944 determined to recapture the island for strategic and political purposes, but knew that the Japanese defenders take a heavy toll of them from their prepared positions. The story of the capture of the island is an epic of courage, bloodshed, fierce resistance by the Japanese and the indomitable will to conquer of the U.S. Marines. Contains 99 photos and 32 maps and charts.
The Marshalls
Increasing The Tempo
by Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Heinl Jr., USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
This book tells the story of the Marines spearheading the thrust through the Japanese outer ring of defences and recounts the brutal and important island-hopping Pacific campaign at its most gripping following the bloodbath at Tarawa. Contains 97 photos and 16 maps and charts.
The Guadalcanal Campaign
by Major John L. Zimmerman, USMCR
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Contains 88 photos illustrations and maps.
Marines In The Central Solomons
by Major John N. Rentz, USMCR
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Contains 90 photos and 18 maps and charts.
Marine Aviation In The Philippines
by Major Charles W. Boggs Jr., USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Contains 58 photos and 10 maps and charts.
Marines At Midway
by Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Heinl Jr., USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
The story of the Marines during the pivotal campaign of the Pacific that culminated at the Battle of Midway. Contains 25 photos and 3 maps and charts.
The Battle For Tarawa
by Captain James R. Stockman
Part of the Marines In World War II series
The Story of the bloody brutal Battle of Tarawa, also known by its codename Operation Galvanic, was the first time that the Americans and principally the Marine Corps faced serious opposition to a seaborne landing. Contains 30 photos and 12 maps and charts.
Okinawa
Victory In The Pacific
by Major Chas. S. Nichols Jr., USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Contains 86 photos and 42 maps and charts. The story of part played by the United States Marines in the largest amphibious assault of the entire Pacific War during World War II. The battle lasted an exhausting and bloody 82 days from early April until mid-June 1945. The legendarily tough defence of the Japanese soldiers and citizens was matched by the American troops in the last major campaign that had led all the way from Pearl Harbor to the Home Islands of Japan.
The Defense Of Wake
by Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Heinl Jr., USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Contains 23 photos and 8 maps and charts. The story of the immortal heroic defence of the American outpost on Wake Island by a handful of marines and civilians against an overwhelming forces of the Japanese.
The Assault On Peleliu
by Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, USMCR
Part of the Marines In World War II series
As the Marines ran into the shore of the coral reefed island of Peleliu in their landing craft the Japanese artillery that wreathed the landing beach of Peleliu gave them little confidence in the words of their commander General Rupertus that the operation would be hard but short with minimal casualties; what lay ahead would be what was known as "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines". Contains 70 photos and 23 maps and charts.
by Lieutenant Colonel Whitman S. Bartley, USMC
Part of the Marines In World War II series
On the 19th Feb. 1945, the first Marines landed on Iwo Jima, the first enemy troops to invade Japanese home territory; many of those brave soldiers would never leave the black volcanic sands again as they fought and died in the U.S. Marine Corps toughest ever battle. Contains 100 photos and 26 maps and charts.
Bougainville And The Northern Solomons
by Major John N. Rentz, USMCR
Part of the Marines In World War II series
Contains 51 photos and 28 maps and charts. The fight to remove the barriers protecting the main base of the Japanese in New Guinea at Rabaul, was characterized by brutal jungle fighting attritional warfare of the worst sort and required every bit of toughness from the Marines that landed there.
The Campaign On New Britain
by Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, USMCR
Part of the Marines In World War II series
As the might of the U.S. forces drove the Japanese back toward the Home Islands the Marines embarked on another tough campaign in the jungles of New Britain and the centre for Japanese forces at Rabaul. Contains 114 photos and 20 maps and charts.
