Marines In World War Ii Marine Aviation In The Philippines Illustrated Edition

Author : Major Charles W. Boggs Jr. USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892878

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Marines In World War II - Marine Aviation In The Philippines [Illustrated Edition] by Major Charles W. Boggs Jr. USMC Pdf

Contains 58 photos and 10 maps and charts. “The return of Allied forces to the Philippines in the fall of 1944 further throttled Japan’s already tenuous pipe line to the rich resources of Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, and with it the last vestige of her ability to meet the logistical requirements of a continuing war. The Battle for Leyte Gulf marked the end of Japan as a naval power, forcing her to adopt the desperation kamikaze tactic against the United States Fleets. The Philippine victories were primarily Army and Navy operations. Marines, comprising only a fraction of the total forces engaged, played a secondary but significant role in the overall victory. The campaign was important to the Corps in that the Marine aviators, who had battled two years for air control over the Solomons, moved into a new role, their first opportunity to test on a large scale the fundamental Marine doctrine of close air support for ground troops in conventional land operations. This test they passed with credit, and Marine flyers contributed materially to the Philippine victory. Lessons learned and techniques perfected in those campaigns form an important chapter in our present-day close air support doctrines.”-C. B. CATES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

Author : Major Chas. S. Nichols Jr. USMC,Henry I. Shaw Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892892

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Marines In World War II - Okinawa: Victory In The Pacific [Illustrated Edition] by Major Chas. S. Nichols Jr. USMC,Henry I. Shaw Jr. Pdf

Contains 86 photos and 42 maps and charts. The story of part played by the United States Marines in the largest amphibious assault of the entire Pacific War during World War II. The battle lasted an exhausting and bloody 82 days from early April until mid-June 1945. The legendarily tough defence of the Japanese soldiers and citizens was matched by the American troops in the last major campaign that had led all the way from Pearl Harbor to the Home Islands of Japan. “After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island while the 2nd Marine Division remained as an amphibious reserve and was never brought ashore. The invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces. The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") or tetsu no bōfū ("violent wind of steel") in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and to the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Japan lost over 100,000 soldiers, who were either killed, captured or committed suicide, and the Allies suffered more than 65,000 casualties of all kinds. Simultaneously, tens of thousands of local civilians were killed, wounded, or committed suicide. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused Japan to surrender less than two months after the end of the fighting at Okinawa.”-Wiki

Author : Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892847

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Marines In World War II - Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic [Illustrated Edition] by Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley USMC Pdf

On the 19th Feb. 1945, the first Marines landed on Iwo Jima, the first enemy troops to invade Japanese home territory; many of those brave soldiers would never leave the black volcanic sands again as they fought and died in the U.S. Marine Corps toughest ever battle. Contains 100 photos and 26 maps and charts. “The assault on Iwo Jima came as a smashing climax to the 16-month drive that carried the amphibious forces of the U.S. across the Central Pacific to within 660 miles of Tokyo. Striking first at Tarawa in November 1943, American forces had swept rapidly westward, seizing only those islands essential for support of future operations. Many powerful enemy strongholds were bypassed and neutralized. By the fall of 1944 the small but heavily fortified island of Iwo Jima, lying midway between the Marianas and the heart of the Japanese Empire, had assumed such strategic importance that its rapid seizure became imperative. Neutralization would not suffice; Iwo must become an operational U.S. base. “At Iwo Jima the amphibious doctrines, techniques, weapons, and equipment which had proven so effective during the three previous years of World War II received the supreme test. On that island more than 20,000 well-disposed and deeply entrenched Japanese troops conducted an intelligent and dogged defense. There, more than anywhere else in the Central Pacific, terrain and enemy defense preparations combined to limit the effectiveness of American supporting arms, placing a premium on the skill and aggressive fighting spirit of the individual Marine. There can be no more fitting tribute than the well-known words of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, "Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island uncommon valor was a common virtue."-Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., General, U.S.M.C.

Author : Major F. O. Hough USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892854

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Marines In World War II - The Assault On Peleliu [Illustrated Edition] by Major F. O. Hough USMC Pdf

As the Marines ran into the shore of the coral reefed island of Peleliu in their landing craft the Japanese artillery that wreathed the landing beach of Peleliu gave them little confidence in the words of their commander General Rupertus that the operation would be hard but short with minimal casualties; what lay ahead would be what was known as “the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines”. Contains 70 photos and 23 maps and charts. “Many factors combined to make the assault on Peleliu one of the least understood operations of World War II. Yet it was one of the most vicious and stubbornly contested, and nowhere was the fighting efficiency of the U.S. Marine more convincingly demonstrated. At Peleliu the enemy proved that he had profited from his bitter experiences of earlier operations. He applied intelligently the lessons we had taught him in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls, and Marianas. At Peleliu the enemy made no suicidal banzai charges to hasten the decision; he carefully concealed his plans and dispositions. He nursed from his inferior strength the last ounce of resistance and delay, to extract the maximum cost from his conquerers. In these respects Peleliu differed significantly from previous campaigns and set the pattern for things to come: Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Because the operation protracted itself over a period of nearly two and a half months, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the strategic objective was accomplished within the first week: neutralization of the entire Palaus group, and with this, securing of the Philippines approaches.”-C. B. CATES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.

Author : Lt.-Col Shawn Callahan USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894438

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Close Air Support And The Battle For Khe Sanh [Illustrated Edition] by Lt.-Col Shawn Callahan USMC Pdf

Includes 7 maps, 3 tables, and more than 80 photo illustrations. In the 77 days from 20 Jan. to 18 March of 1968, two divisions of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded a regiment of U.S. Marines on a mountain plateau in the northwest corner of South Vietnam known as Khe Sanh. The episode was no accident; it was in fact a carefully orchestrated meeting in which both sides got what they wanted. The North Vietnamese succeeded in surrounding the Marines in a situation in many ways similar to Dien Bien Phu, and may have been seeking similar tactical, operational, and strategic results. General William C. Westmoreland, the commander of the joint U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (COMUSMACV), meanwhile, sought to lure the NVA into the unpopulated terrain around the 26th Marines in order to wage a battle of annihilation with air power. In this respect Khe Sanh has been lauded as a great victory of air power, a military instrument of dubious suitability to much of the Vietnam conflict. The facts support the assessment that air power was the decisive element at Khe Sanh, delivering more than 96 percent of the ordnance used against the NVA. Most histories of the battle, however, do not delve much deeper than this. Comprehensive histories like John Prados and Ray Stubbe’s Valley of Decision, Robert Pisor’s End of the Line, and Eric Hammel’s Siege in the Clouds provide excellent accounts of the battle, supported by detailed analyses of its strategic and operational background but tend to focus on the ground battle and treat the application of air power in general terms. They do not, however, make significant distinction between the contributions of the two primary air combat elements in this air-land battle: the 7th Air Force and the 1st Marine Air Wing. An analysis of their respective contributions to the campaign reveals that they each made very different contributions that reflected very different approaches to the application of air power.

Author : John C. Chapin
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042148703

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-- and a Few Marines by John C. Chapin Pdf

Author : United States. Marine Corps,Charles W. Boggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015012184464

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Marine Aviation in the Philippines by United States. Marine Corps,Charles W. Boggs Pdf

The return of Allied forces to the Philippines in the fall of 1944 further throttled Japan's already tenuous pipe line to the rich resources of Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, and with it the last vestige of her ability to meet the logistical requirements of a continuing war. The Battle for Leyte Gulf marked the end of Japan as a naval power, forcing her to adopt the desperation kamikaze tactic against the United States Fleets. The Philippine victories were primarily Army and Navy operations. Marines, comprising only a fraction of the toal forces engaged, played a secondary but significant role in the overall victory. The campaign was important to the Corps in that the Marine aviatiors, who had battled two years for air control over the Solomons, moved into a new role, their first opportunity to test on a large scale the fundamental Marine doctrine of close air support for ground troops in conventional land operations. This test they passed with credit, and Marine flyers contributed materially to the Philippines victory. Lessons learned and techniques perfected in those campaigns form an important chapter in our present-day close air support dotrines.--Foreword.

Author : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UOM:39015078084012

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Historical Illustrations and References, World War II and Korea by U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Pdf

Author : Major-General John P. Condon USMC,Commander Peter B. Mersky USN
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786251381

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Corsairs To Panthers: U.S. Marine Aviation In Korea [Illustrated Edition] by Major-General John P. Condon USMC,Commander Peter B. Mersky USN Pdf

Includes over 30 photos, maps and plans. The first major surprise of the post-World War II years came into play when in late June 1950, the United States found itself responding in crisis fashion to the North Korean invasion of the new republic of South Korea, just four years and nine months after VJ-Day. The nation became involved in Korea as a result of the Cairo and Yalta conferences in which the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to the concept of a free and independent post-war Korea. This is the story of the Marines who took to the sky above Korea, fulfilling many different missions including interdiction, night interception, close air support and tank busting. This memorial volume, richly illustrated, is a fitting monument to their courage and service.

Author : John C. Chapin,Usmcr (Ret. ) Chapin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1494458853

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And a Few Marines by John C. Chapin,Usmcr (Ret. ) Chapin Pdf

It was apparently an insignificant event when a few Marine planes flew into a muddy airfield at Tacloban on the island of Leyte in the Philippines on 3 December 1944. All around them were the elements of the massive U.S. Army invasion which had begun on 20 October. Seven infantry divisions and six Army Air Force (AAF) air groups dominated the island scene. It was the start of a major campaign in which Marine aviation would play a major role. That is the campaign to liberate the Philippines.

Author : Colonel Allan R. Millett USMC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786251503

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DRIVE NORTH - U.S. Marines At The Punchbowl [Illustrated Edition] by Colonel Allan R. Millett USMC Pdf

Includes over 30 maps, photos and illustrations The Battle of the Punchbowl, was one of the last battles of the movement phase of the Korean War. Following the breakdown of armistice negotiations in August 1951, the United Nations Command decided to launch a limited offensive in the late summer/early autumn to shorten and straighten sections of their lines, acquire better defensive terrain, and deny the enemy key vantage points from which they could observe and target UN positions. The Battle of Bloody Ridge took place west of the Punchbowl from August–September 1951 and this was followed by the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge northwest of the Punchbowl from September–October 1951. At the end of the UN offensive in October 1951, UN Forces controlled the line of hills north of the Punchbowl.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000010094823

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Representative Government Best Sellers for 1954 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1955-08
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211517433

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United States Army Combat Forces Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Miller,John C. Chapin,Charles D. Melson,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Joseph H. Alexander,Bernard C. Nalty,Cyril J. O'Brien,Gordon D. Gayle,Richard Harwood,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1302 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066050863

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The US Marines in World War II by J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Miller,John C. Chapin,Charles D. Melson,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Joseph H. Alexander,Bernard C. Nalty,Cyril J. O'Brien,Gordon D. Gayle,Richard Harwood,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center Pdf

This edition represents a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in the Pacific War, along with the U.S. Army. The battles of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of the war, the Corps expanded from two brigades to six divisions, five air wings and supporting troops, totaling about 485,000 Marines. In addition, 20 defense battalions and a parachute battalion were raised. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II, and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. Contents: Origin of the Marine Corps The Marine Corps on the Eve of War Marines Defending American Soil Pearl Harbor Battle of Wake Island Marines Campaign in Europe and Africa Europe and North Africa Defense of Iceland Marines Campaign in the Pacific Rim Defense of the Philippines Solomon Islands Campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Marshall Islands Campaign Battle of Tarawa Battle of Cape Gloucester Battle of Saipan Battle of Guam Battle of Peleliu Battle of Tinian Liberation of the Philippines Marines Campaign in Japan Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Occupation of Japan

Author : Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,J. Michael Miller,John C. Chapin,Charles D. Melson,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Joseph H. Alexander,Bernard C. Nalty,Cyril J. O'Brien,Gordon D. Gayle,Richard Harwood,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1302 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664560131

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United States Marines in World War II by Robert J. Cressman,J. Michael Wenger,Harry W. Edwards,James A. Donovan,J. Michael Miller,John C. Chapin,Charles D. Melson,Henry I. Shaw Jr.,Joseph H. Alexander,Bernard C. Nalty,Cyril J. O'Brien,Gordon D. Gayle,Richard Harwood,Charles R. Smith,Marine Corps Historical Center Pdf

"United States Marines in World War II" is a thoroughly written history of Marines' military campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Marines played a central role in the Pacific War, along with the U.S. Army. The battles of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of the war, the Corps expanded from two brigades to six divisions, five air wings and supporting troops, totaling about 485,000 Marines. In addition, 20 defense battalions and a parachute battalion were raised. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II, and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. Contents: Origin of the Marine Corps The Marine Corps on the Eve of War Marines Defending American Soil Pearl Harbor Battle of Wake Island Marines Campaign in Europe and Africa Europe and North Africa Defense of Iceland Marines Campaign in the Pacific Rim Defense of the Philippines Solomon Islands Campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Marshall Islands Campaign Battle of Tarawa Battle of Cape Gloucester Battle of Saipan Battle of Guam Battle of Peleliu Battle of Tinian Liberation of the Philippines Marines Campaign in Japan Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Occupation of Japan