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English: Map of the Battle of Saipan, June 15-July 9, 1944. . Geological features based on Battle of Saipan Map.jpg.Front lines, division movements and additional roads derived from maps in Hoffman, Carl W. (1950) Saipan: The Beginning of the End, Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps OCLC: 564000243.
Because the Battle of Saipan began just over a week after the 6 June landings for Overlord, its importance has often been overlooked, but just as Overlord was a major step in contributing to the fall of the Third Reich, Saipan marked a major step in the collapse of the Empire of Japan.
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On 15 June 1944, United States Marine forces landed on the southwest coast of the island of Saipan in the central Marianas chain; these were followed a day later by US Army forces. This invasion was part of Operation Forager , an effort to recapture the entire Marianas chain from the Empire of Japan .
A-Go (1944) — plan to engage and destroy the U.S. Fleet during the Saipan landings; AL (1942) — invasion of the western Aleutians as a diversion from the attempted invasion of Midway Island. AOB (1942) — seizure of Kiska Island; AQ (1942) — seizure of Attu Island; Ke-Go (1943) — evacuation of Kiska, Aleutians
The landings on Saipan began at 07:00 on June 15, 1944, and more than 300 LVTs landed 8,000 United States Marines on the west coast of the island. However the liberation of the island was a sad chapter of the tenacious fighting that lie ahead for the Allied forces, with the Japanese mounting a fanatical military defense and the fighting causing ...
It was captured early in the Battle of Saipan; a significant number of its concrete structures survived the battle and the later development of Isely Field and the present airport. Most of these structures are abandoned; the best-preserved is the former air operations building, which was rehabilitated and used as a tourist bureau.