Saipan
one of the key operations in the Pacific War, the capture of Saipan placed B-29 bombers within the range of the Japanese homeland.
Tinian
Conducted over two small beaches little wider than two football fields, the landing at Tinian was one of the most brilliantly conceived and executed amphibious operations in World War II.
Peleliu
The conquest of Peleliu assured absolute domination of the Peleliu Islands, and secured the American flank for the return to the Philippines.
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 at Iwo Jima.
Okinawa
With a magnitude that rivaled the Normandy invasion the previous June, the Battle of Okinawa was the biggest and costliest single operation of the Pacific War.
