Battle of Saipan 1944: Total War in the Pacific (Documentary)

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Support Real Time History on Patreon: https://patreon.com/realtimehistory Check out the Royal Armouries video about the Model 12: https://youtu.be/Y3dUHJG8eN4?si=Q_zGGIelD40US48F In June 1944, an armada of warships and landing craft is getting ready for D-Day. Thousands of American soldiers are about to attack a prepared enemy with formidable defenses. But this isn’t Normandy, this is the island of Saipan. And the bloody battle there will bring total war to the Pacific. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory Chapters: 00:00 Why the US Landed on Saipan 01:46 American Plan for Saipan 03:38 Japanese Defenses on Saipan 05:08 Preparations for D-Day on Saipan 06:39 D-Day on Saipan 08:46 Marine Combat Shotguns on Saipan 14:48 Japanese Counterattack 16:30 D-Day Plus 3 on Saipan 17:01 Battle of the Philippine Sea 20:45 D-Day Plus 7-9 on Saipan 22:33 D-Day Plus 11-15 on Saipan 24:10 Japanese Banzai Charge on Saipan 26:46 Civilian Casualties on Saipan 27:57 End of the Battle of Saipan 28:48 Battles of Tinian and Guam 30:04 Epilogue » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Reed Spilmann, Jim Frame, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Astroth, Alexander, Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944: An Examination of Civilian Deaths in Historical Context, (Jefferson, N.C : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019) Headquarters, Northern Troops and Landing Force, “Report of Marianas Operation Phase I (Saipan)”, 2295-5-25 0125/256, Ser. 0024A, (August 1944) Hoffman, Carl W, Saipan: The Beginning of the End, (Quantico, VA : Historical Division, US Marine Corps, 1950) Hornfischer, James D. The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, (New York, NY : Bantam Books, 2016) Ienaga, Saburo, The Pacific War: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945, (New York, NY : Pantheon Books, 1968) Rottman, Gordon L., Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2004) Rottman, Gordon L., US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Army & Marine Corps, Pacific Theater, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2004) Rottman, Gordon L. & Takizawa, Akira, World War II Japanese Tank Tactics, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2008) Symonds, Craig L., World War II at Sea: A Global History, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018)X »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024