{"id":92928,"date":"2025-04-09T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=92928"},"modified":"2024-12-12T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T00:52:26","slug":"battle-of-saipan-1944-total-war-in-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/battle-of-saipan-1944-total-war-in-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Saipan 1944: Total War in the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4kQ8P7MpYM?si=LfZwvaQjBVAHRict\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Nov 2024<\/p>\n<p>In June 1944, an armada of warships and landing craft is getting ready for D-Day. Thousands of American soldiers are about to attack a prepared enemy with formidable defenses. But this isn&#8217;t Normandy, this is the island of Saipan. And the bloody battle there will bring total war to the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Why the US Landed on Saipan<br \/>\n01:46 American Plan for Saipan<br \/>\n03:38 Japanese Defenses on Saipan<br \/>\n05:08 Preparations for D-Day on Saipan<br \/>\n06:39 D-Day on Saipan<br \/>\n08:46 Marine Combat Shotguns on Saipan<br \/>\n14:48 Japanese Counterattack<br \/>\n16:30 D-Day Plus 3 on Saipan<br \/>\n17:01 Battle of the Philippine Sea<br \/>\n20:45 D-Day Plus 7-9 on Saipan<br \/>\n22:33 D-Day Plus 11-15 on Saipan<br \/>\n24:10 Japanese Banzai Charge on Saipan<br \/>\n26:46 Civilian Casualties on Saipan<br \/>\n27:57 End of the Battle of Saipan<br \/>\n28:48 Battles of Tinian and Guam<br \/>\n30:04 Epilogue<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Check out the Royal Armouries video about the Model 12:    \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y3dUHJG8eN4\" target=\"_blank\">US&#8217;s Trench Gun: The Winchester Model&#8230;<\/a>    <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nReed Spilmann, Jim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. 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Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nAstroth, Alexander, <em>Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944: An Examination of Civilian Deaths in Historical Context<\/em>, (Jefferson, N.C: McFarland &#038; Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019)<\/p>\n<p>Headquarters, Northern Troops and Landing Force, &#8220;Report of Marianas Operation Phase I (Saipan)&#8221;, 2295-5-25 0125\/256, Ser. 0024A, (August 1944) <\/p>\n<p>Hoffman, Carl W, Saipan: <em>The Beginning of the End<\/em>, (Quantico, VA: Historical Division, US Marine Corps, 1950)<\/p>\n<p>Hornfischer, James D. <em>The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945<\/em>, (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2016)<\/p>\n<p>Ienaga, Saburo, <em>The Pacific War: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945<\/em>, (New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1968)<\/p>\n<p>Rottman, Gordon L., <em>Saipan &#038; Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire<\/em>, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004)<\/p>\n<p>Rottman, Gordon L., <em>US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Army &#038; Marine Corps, Pacific Theater<\/em>, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004)<\/p>\n<p>Rottman, Gordon L. &#038; Takizawa, Akira, <em>World War II Japanese Tank Tactics<\/em>, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2008)<\/p>\n<p>Symonds, Craig L., <em>World War II at Sea: A Global History<\/em>, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)X<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image.<\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 15 Nov 2024 In June 1944, an armada of warships and landing craft is getting ready for D-Day. Thousands of American soldiers are about to attack a prepared enemy with formidable defenses. But this isn&#8217;t Normandy, this is the island of Saipan. 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