Battle of Tinian, 24 July 1944 – 1 August 1944.
The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War 2, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 9000 man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the 20th Air Force.
Bibliography:
- The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America’s War Against Japan – Nathan Prefer 2012
- Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Campaign 137
- A close encounter: The marine landing on Tinian – Richard Harwood
- A Brief History of the 25th Marines, USMCR Regimental Histories Series Vol 1 – U.S. Marine Corps 1981
- Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific – Col. Joseph H. Alexander USMC (Ret.) 2012
- US Marine Rifleman 1939-1945: Pacific Theater – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Warrior 112
- Alligator Marines, the United States Marine Corps’ 5th Amphibious Tractor Battalion in WW II (2nd edition) – Donal B. Marshall, Shelly Marshall
- US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1943-44 – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Battle Orders 7
- Marine Tank Battles In The Pacific – Oscar E. Gilbert
- US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1941-1945: Pacific – Kenneth Estes; Osprey Warrior 92
- Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific – R.V. Burgin, Bill Marvel
- U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle: Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945 – Gordon Rottman
- Pacific Victory; Tarawa To Okinawa 1943-1945 – Derrick Wright
- US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations (1): 1941-43 – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Battle Orders 1
- US Marine Corps Tanks of World War II – Steven J. Zaloga; Osprey New Vanguard 186
- US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Army & Marine Corps, Pacific Theater – Gordon L. Rottman; Osprey Elite 117
- Air War Pacific Chronology: America’s Air War Against Japan in East Asia and the Pacific, 1941-1945 – Eric Hammel