The Marianas: Saipan, Tinian, and Guam: a Pictorial Tribute

by Hammel, Eric M.

• ISBN13: 9780760332573
• ISBN10: 0760332576
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Part of a network of Japanese military outposts established in defiance of the League of Nations, the Marianas came into play as soon as the Pacific War began. Within days of bombing Pearl Harbor, the Japanese marshaled troops from Saipan to take over Guam, a U.S. property--and the Marianas continued as a Japanese stronghold for two more years. In rarely or never-before-published photographs, this pictorial history chronicles the Marianasrs" critical, and often controversial, role in World War II. From the Marine invasion of Saipan in June 1944 to the launching from Tinian of the Enola Gay (and later Bockscar, the bomber that hit Nagasaki), the book documents in vivid prose and pictures the dramatic moments of World War II in the Marianas.

Author Biography

Eric Hammel is a critically acclaimed historian and author of more than thirty combat and pictorial histories, including the extremely popular Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle (Zenith Press 2006).  He lives in Northern California.