Their backs against the sea : the battle of Saipan and the largest banzai attack of World War II
The Battle of Saipan lasted twenty-five hellish days in the summer of 1944, and the stakes couldn't have been higher. If Japan lost possession of the island, all hope for victory would be lost. For the Americans, its capture would result in secure air bases for the new B-29s that would put them...
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Da Capo Press
2017
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