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In June 1944, an armada of warships and landing craft is getting ready for DDay. Thousands of American soldiers are about to attack a prepared enemy with formidable defenses. But this isn’t Normandy, this is the island of Saipan. And the bloody battle there will bring total war to the Pacific.

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Chapters:
00:00 Why the US Landed on Saipan
01:46 American Plan for Saipan
03:38 Japanese Defenses on Saipan
05:08 Preparations for DDay on Saipan
06:39 DDay on Saipan
08:46 Marine Combat Shotguns on Saipan
14:48 Japanese Counterattack
16:30 DDay Plus 3 on Saipan
17:01 Battle of the Philippine Sea
20:45 DDay Plus 79 on Saipan
22:33 DDay Plus 1115 on Saipan
24:10 Japanese Banzai Charge on Saipan
26:46 Civilian Casualties on Saipan
27:57 End of the Battle of Saipan
28:48 Battles of Tinian and Guam
30:04 Epilogue

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Rottman, Gordon L., US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Army & Marine Corps, Pacific Theater, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2004)

Rottman, Gordon L. & Takizawa, Akira, World War II Japanese Tank Tactics, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2008)

Symonds, Craig L., World War II at Sea: A Global History, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018)X


»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Mark Newton
Director: Toni Steller
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Toni Steller
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Research by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig
Fact checking: Florian Wittig
Executive Producer: Florian Wittig

Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster

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