Saipan 1944 | World War Photos

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: Marines Battle Way through Garapan 1944 Saipan

: Wounded marine guards poncho covered bodies buddies Saipan 1944

: MARINES Follow Advancing SHERMAN M4 TANK on SAIPAN 1944

: Bombed shelled ruins of Garapan Saipan 1944 aerial photo

: Marines and Jeeps Advance to Front Lines on Saipan

: Naval Guns Blast Japanese Fuel Dump in Garapan Saipan

: M4 Tanks Cover Marines Attacking Japanese Positions on Saipan 1944

: Japanese Tanks Try to Break US Lines at Hell’s Pocket Saipan 1944

: 7th AAF Engineers Build High Tide Raft on Saipan

: Troops Use Ox Cart to Carry Supplies to Front on Saipan

: Wrecked Japanese Planes at Aslito Airfield on Saipan 1944

: Soldier in L-5 Sentinel holds wounded boy before evacuation from Saipan

: Marine M4 Tank and LVT Amtracs Knocked Out in Surf at Saipan 1944

: GI’s at wreckage of Japanese sugar mill Saipan

: USMC Gen Holland Smith and Admirals Ernest King and Chester Nimitz Saipan

: Saipan US reinforcements and landing crafts

: US aerial reconnaissance photograph taken over Saipan 22 February 1944

: US Navy ship Bombarding Saipan Beach

: Destroyed Japanese H8K Emily Base Tanapag Harbor Saipan Island Marianas 15 July 1944

: Marine Officer Clears Cave on Saipan with M1911 Colt .45

: Marine with Captured Japanese Type 92 7,7 mm Machine Gun Saipan

: LVT Buffalo Amtrac Landing on Saipan Beach June 15 1944

: GI’s help carry Japanese kids to safety July 4, 1944 Saipan

: Japanese Aslito airfield on Saipan 1944 aerial photo

: Troops in Landing Barges Await Signal for Saipan Invasion 1944

: Japanese pow captured by marines on Saipan

: Marines Resting in Foxhole after Battle on Saipan

: US Navy cruiser shells Saipan during invasion 1944

: Coast guardsman with M1 carbine guards beach Saipan 1944

: Marines firing 37mm M3 anti tank gun Saipan

: Fires Sunken Ships after US Attacks June 14, 1944 Saipan Garapan

: Marine sandbags his foxhole Saipan 1944

: Japanese Plane Falls into Sea as US Landing Craft Storm Saipan

: Marines enter blitzed Garapan 1944 Saipan

: Marines round up civilians on Saipan 1944

: Wrecked bombed ruins of Charin Kanoa on Saipan 26 June 1944

: LVT Buffalo Unloading on Saipan June 15, 1944

: Marines Lead Japanese Women and Children to Safety on Saipan

: Marine flame thrower in action on Saipan

: Marines seach for snipers, over Garapan Wreckage Saipan

: US Soldiers Buried at Sea during 3rd Day of Saipan Invasion

: LVTs and Landing Barges Refuel at Sea Going Gas Station at Saipan

: 1st US Plane (TBF) takes off Aslito Airfield Saipan

: Saipan Marine oils rebuilt train to airfield

: American troops give candy to japanese children Saipan

: Japanese Headquarters on Saipan 1944

: Japanese bombers and fighters bombed Aslito airfield Saipan 15 June 1944

: Soldier Blasts Japanese pillbox with Flamethrower on Saipan

: Japanese Work Detail Hauling Water at POW Stockade on Saipan

: GI’s on Saipan June 26 1944

: Flak Filled Sky as Planes Attack US Navy Ships Invasion of Saipan

: Marine examines a wooden dummy Japanese rifle used on Saipan

: LVT(A)-4 56 Buffalo Amtrac Knocked Out at Caran Kanoa Airfield Saipan

: Marine with BAR Browning MG Saipan Island 1944

: Japanese Kawanishi H8K Emily flying boat wreck – Saipan 1944

: First Assault Wave of Landing Craft Massed for Saipan Invasion 1944

: Post office Saipan pacific

: US Tanks Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Marines In Action On Saipan 1944 Pto

: Marines take cover behind a M4A2 Sherman named King Kong – Saipan July 8, 1944. Tank of the Company C, 4th Tank Battalion.

: Steam Roller Tractor Grader Build Airfield On Tinian Or Saipan

: Marines Stuart “Satan” Flame Thrower Tank In action on Saipan, July 1944. Tank of the 4th Tank Battalion USMC.

: Beachead Saipan 1944, LVT in the background

: Marines In Action Garapan Saipan 1944 Pto

: LVTs heading for shore on 15 June 1944 Saipan

: Wounded US Soldiers Saipan Beach June 1944

: Marines Fire Machine Gun At Japanese Troops Saipan Pacific

: The 2nd and 4th Marine Division Saipan 15 June 1944

: Troops in action Battle of Saipan June 1944

: LVT’s heading for shore The 2nd and 4th Marine Division Saipan 15 June 1944

: Soldiers Relaxing after Capture of Saipan

: US Troops LCM Bulldozers and Trucks on Saipan Beach

: Battle of Saipan June 1944 Mariana Islands

: Battle of Saipan June 1944 3

: Stuart Flame Thrower Tank In Action On Saipan

: Battle of Saipan June 1944 Mariana Islands 2

: US Troops by Knocked Out Japanese A6M5 Zero on Saipan

: LVT Amtrac Battle of Saipan June 1944

: US Troops Discuss Battle Strategy Saipan Nafutan

: Troops Deploy from LVT Alligator amphibious on Saipan Beach

: 7th AAF Engineers trucks dozer on Saipan Beach

: Marines in action Saipan Beach June 1944

: US Marine with BAR Browning Automatic Rifle Saipan

: The 2nd and 4th Marine Division 1st Hours on Saipan Beachheads 15 June 1944

: The 2nd and 4th Marine Division 1st Hours on Saipan Beaches 15 June 1944

: Marines Hit by Japanese Sniper on Saipans Red Beach 1944

: Marines Fire Rockets at Japanese Positions on Saipan

: LVTs heading for shore The 2nd and 4th Marine Division 15 June 1944 Saipan

: Railroad on Saipan Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Japanese flying boat wreckage Saipan 1944

: US troops Battle of Saipan June 1944

: LVT 4 Buffalo Amtracs Knocked Out Saipan June 1944

: Marines Head toward Shore for Initial Landing on Saipan

: Beachhead Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Marines Fire Captured Japanese Mountain Gun Saipan

: M4 Sherman on beach Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Marines in action Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Battle of Saipan June 1944 2

: Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Marines Landing Wading Ashore Beach Saipan June 1944

: Marine and Civilians Saipan 1944

: US Marines Invasion Saipan 1944

: The 2nd and 4th Marine Division 1st Hours on Saipan Beachheads June 1944

: 27th Infantry Division US Army Troops March to Front Lines on Saipan

: Burning boats Battle of Saipan June 1944

: Troops Rest After Securing Beachhead on Saipan

Battle of Saipan 15 June 1944 – 9 July 1944.
The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War Two, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June until 9 July 1944. The Allied invasion fleet embarking the expeditionary forces left Pearl Harbor on 5 June 1944, the day before Operation “Overlord” in Europe was launched. The USMC 2nd Marine Division, 4th Marine Division, and US Army 27th Infantry Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Holland Smith, defeated the 43rd Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito.