Saipan: The Beginning of the End

“The conquest of Saipan was, among Pacific operations up to that time, the most clear-cut decisive triumph of combined arms of the United States over the Japanese.”
C. B. Cates, General, U. S. Marine Corps

Victory at Saipan was the key which opened the door to the soft underbelly of the Japanese Empire.
Carl Hoffman’s brilliant account of this ferocious battle takes the reader through the course of its duration, from the initial discussion of plans and preparations right through to the eventu...