The Battle Of Saipan During The Pacific War
Introduction:
The battle of Saipan was a battle within the framework of the Pacific war, corresponding to the Second World War, fought on the island of Saipan (Mariana Islands) between June 15 and July 9, 1944.
The 2nd and the 4th Marine Division, along with the 27th Infantry Division, were military forces placed under the command of lieutenant general Holland Smith. They would defeat the 43th. Division of the Imperial Japanese army, under the command of lieutenant general Yoshitsugu Saito.
In the campaigns that took place between 1943 and the first half of 1944, the allies had managed to capture the Solomon Islands, the Gilbert Islands and the Marshall Islands as well as the peninsula of New Guinea. Such achievements led to the allies at …show more content…
In this way, the operation which had begun a few hours before, and that had cost the destruction of 20 amphibious tanks thanks to get ready Japanese artillery batteries, began to bear fruit. The fall of night, the 2nd and 4th Marine divisions had managed to establish a beachhead of approximately 10 km, penetrating up to 1 km towards the inner insular.
The Japanese counterattack came when already had entered the night, although it would be repulsed, suffering, that Yes, many casualties. On 16 June, units of the 27th infantry division from United States landing on the island, and would start the advance on the Aslito airport. Again there would be a night counter-attack, which would again fail. Finally, on June 18, Yoshitsugu Saito, the Japanese commander, would abandon the airport.
The invasion of Saipan stunned the Japanese, who hoped the attack would be much more to the South. The Admiral Soemu Toyoda, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, saw an opportunity to put into action its naval strength and attack to the Navy of the United States, launching the so-called operation A-Go, which would take place on 15 …show more content…
This would cause the U.S. military changed strategy, developing tactics that attack back the war raised by Japan. In this way, they would use equipped with flamethrower units supported by artillery and covered by machine guns to clear the enemy caches. Note the use of the Navajo code by radio operators that allowed the impermeability of the communications of the United States Army, because they could not be interpreted by the
The battle of Saipan was a battle within the framework of the Pacific war, corresponding to the Second World War, fought on the island of Saipan (Mariana Islands) between June 15 and July 9, 1944.
The 2nd and the 4th Marine Division, along with the 27th Infantry Division, were military forces placed under the command of lieutenant general Holland Smith. They would defeat the 43th. Division of the Imperial Japanese army, under the command of lieutenant general Yoshitsugu Saito.
In the campaigns that took place between 1943 and the first half of 1944, the allies had managed to capture the Solomon Islands, the Gilbert Islands and the Marshall Islands as well as the peninsula of New Guinea. Such achievements led to the allies at …show more content…
In this way, the operation which had begun a few hours before, and that had cost the destruction of 20 amphibious tanks thanks to get ready Japanese artillery batteries, began to bear fruit. The fall of night, the 2nd and 4th Marine divisions had managed to establish a beachhead of approximately 10 km, penetrating up to 1 km towards the inner insular.
The Japanese counterattack came when already had entered the night, although it would be repulsed, suffering, that Yes, many casualties. On 16 June, units of the 27th infantry division from United States landing on the island, and would start the advance on the Aslito airport. Again there would be a night counter-attack, which would again fail. Finally, on June 18, Yoshitsugu Saito, the Japanese commander, would abandon the airport.
The invasion of Saipan stunned the Japanese, who hoped the attack would be much more to the South. The Admiral Soemu Toyoda, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, saw an opportunity to put into action its naval strength and attack to the Navy of the United States, launching the so-called operation A-Go, which would take place on 15 …show more content…
This would cause the U.S. military changed strategy, developing tactics that attack back the war raised by Japan. In this way, they would use equipped with flamethrower units supported by artillery and covered by machine guns to clear the enemy caches. Note the use of the Navajo code by radio operators that allowed the impermeability of the communications of the United States Army, because they could not be interpreted by the