Was the Triumph Worth the Tragedy? "The Battle of Saipan"



Was the triumph




worth the tragedy?




​"The Battle of SAipan"



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    • Surrender
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"I have always considered Saipan the
decisive battle of the Pacific
offensive...[It was] the naval and military heart and brain of the 
Japanese defense and strategy."

-Lieutenant General Holland Smith
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Marines pose as they hold captured Japanese flag (credit : Life Picture collection)
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Initial landings and night position (​credit: Marine Corps History Division)
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Japanese troops lie dead in a ditch in Saipan (credit : National Archives)


​Was the Triumph Worth the Tragedy?
"The Battle of Saipan"

Nikhil Manandhar
Junior Division
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"The Jap Soldiers would not surrender and would not permit the civilians to surrender...The women would throw their children into the ocean and jump in and commit suicide."

​-Lieutenant Colonel Justice M. Chambers, Marpi Point, Saipan

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  • Thesis
  • Prologue
  • Attack
  • Retreat
  • Loss
  • Victory
    • Surrender
    • Present Day
  • Resources