Hell is upon us
Subtitle: D-Day in the Pacific-- Saipan to Guam, June-August 1944
By: Victor Brooks.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780306813696
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mariana Islands
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Rendezvous at Casablanca; title: 2. The balance of forces; title: 3. Securing the flanks; title: 4. The battle of the conference rooms; title: 5. Baptism of fire; title: 6. Storming the outer walls; title: 7. Consequences of Operation Flintlock; title: 8. Countdown to Operation Forager; title: 9. Closing the ring of steel; title: 10. D-Day on Saipan; title: 11. Voyage to battle; title: 12. Dragons over the sea; title: 13. Twilight raid on mobile fleet; title: 14. Battle beyond the beach; title: 15. Death Valley to Purple Heart Ridge; title: 16. North to Marpi Point; title: 17. Invasion on Jig Day; title: 18. Tinian Heights; title: 19. Assault on Guam; title: 20. Raising a fallen flag; title: 21. The cost of victory.