The Battle of Saipan was an amphibious assault launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between...
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were followed by 30 years of Japanese rule, which was ended by the Battle of Saipan, as the United States began to take control of the Philippine Sea. Following...
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southwest coast of the island of Saipan in the central Marianas chain; these were followed a day later by US Army forces. This invasion was part of Operation...
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Yoshitsugu Saitō (category Imperial Japanese Army generals of World War II)
He commanded Japanese forces during the Battle of Saipan and killed himself during the battle. A native of Miyagi Prefecture, Saitō attended military...
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USS Saipan (LHA-2) was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, the second United States Navy ship named in honor of the World War II Battle of Saipan. Commissioned...
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Saipan International Airport (IATA: SPN, ICAO: PGSN, FAA LID: GSN), also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located...
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Chūichi Nagumo (category Battle of Midway)
the Battle of Saipan. Nagumo was born in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, in northern Japan in 1887. He graduated from the 36th class of the...
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Guy Gabaldon (redirect from Pied Piper of Saipan)
the battles for Saipan and Tinian islands in 1944 during World War II. Called "Gabby" by his friends, he became known as "The Pied Piper of Saipan" for...
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ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Saipan, after the Battle of Saipan, one of the Northern Mariana Islands that was a scene of heavy...
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bypassed and remain in Japanese hands. Following the conclusion of the Battle of Saipan on 9 July, Major General Harry Schmidt's V Amphibious Corps began...
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USS Maryland (BB-46) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
commencing shore bombardments in the Battle of Tarawa and later in the Battle of Kwajalein. During the Battle of Saipan she took torpedo damage to her bow...
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Mariana and Palau Islands campaign (redirect from Battle of the Marianas Islands)
January 1945. Battle of Saipan, 15 June – 9 July 1944 Battle of Guam, 21 July – 10 August 1944 Battle of Tinian, 24 July – 1 August 1944 Battle of Peleliu,...
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Sakae Ōba (category Imperial Japanese Army personnel of World War II)
Pacific campaign. After Japanese forces were defeated in the Battle of Saipan, he led a group of soldiers and civilians deep into the jungle to evade capture...
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The following is a list of resources related to the Battle of Saipan. It includes studies focused on the battle, as well as general works about the Marianas...
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The base construction started after the Battle of Saipan ended on July 9, 1944. US Naval Advance Base Saipan was constructed by the Seabees Naval Mobile...
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military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II during the Battle of Saipan. Baker was born in 1916 in Troy, New York...
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1st Battalion, 8th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
the Pacific including Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. During the Cold War, it was part of Operation Blue Bat in Lebanon in 1958, the...
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Banzai charge (category Instances of Lang-ja using second unnamed parameter)
The Battle of Saipan, Indiana University Press, 2007. pp. 167–194 Glantz & June 1983, p. 96. Glantz & June 1983, p. 95. Derrick Wright, The Battle for...
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occupancy.[citation needed] During the Battle of Saipan, the 2nd Marine Division's scout company performed a series of special missions with 4th Marine Division's...
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final defense strategy in previous battles against enemy ground forces in the Pacific, such as during the Battle of Saipan. In those attacks, for which the...
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Ben L. Salomon (category Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC alumni)
During the Battle of Saipan, when the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, he stood a rear-guard action in which he had no hope of personal survival...
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its next major amphibious landing, the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas in June 1944. The greater significance of the action on Tarawa to the success in...
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naval battle. The plan was adopted in early June 1944. Within weeks, an opportunity arose to engage the American fleet now detected heading for Saipan. The...
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2nd Marine Division (category Divisions of the United States Marine Corps)
to 8 February 1943. The Battle of Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands campaign – 20 November to 4 December 1943. The Battle of Saipan, in the Mariana Islands...
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Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan is located within the protected waters of Saipan lagoon in the Northern Marianas archipelago. The majority of the dive sites...
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of the island's major hotels and the American Memorial Park, which honors American soldiers who died during the Battle of Saipan. Micro Beach, one of...
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unit fought in the Battle of Kwajalein, Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tinian and the Battle of Iwo Jima. The Planning for the seizure of Eniwetok began when...
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3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, taking part in a number of significant battles including those at Saipan and Iwo Jima before being...
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League of Nations, starting in 1918. The islands were liberated from the Japanese in the Battle of Saipan in 1944, and after the war, became part of the...
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Battle of Saipan, June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944 Battle of Guam (1944), July–August 1944 Battle of Tinian, July–August 1944 Battle...
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