Recapture of Guam: 1944 Battle and Liberation of Guam (WW2 Pacific Military History Series)

"A gripping insight about the liberation of Guam." – Reviewer

Guam's Japanese garrison fought practically to the last man.

By invading Guam, US forces were not only getting access to a fine harbor and a number of airfields to use in future operations but were also liberating a US territory captured by the Japanese in 1941.

The attack on Guam was intended to begin only days after the landings on Saipan but was postponed for a month. US forces used the delay to make the preliminary bombardmen...