<div><B>This vivid history chronicles the decisive US naval campaign that secured the Japanese island of Tinian&mdash;the site that would launch the end of WWII.</B><BR />  <BR /> In July 1944, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army, and Air Corps descended on the Pacific island of Saipan, just three miles away from the Japanese stronghold on the island of Tinian. There had been 20,000 Japanese troops on Saipan before the US unleashed a horrific all-arms campaign. The sudden silence indicated it was now Tinian&rsquo;s turn.<BR />  <BR /> When the battle for Tinian finally took place, the US acted with great skill. Historian Samuel Elliot Morrison called it &ldquo;the most perfectly executed amphibious operation of the entire war.&rdquo; Nevertheless, the Japanese shore batteries riddled the battleship <I>Colorado</I>, killing scores, and made multiple hits on a destroyer, killing its captain. On the island itself, the United States used napalm for the first time, paving the way for Marines rooting out strongpoints. One last banzai attack signaled the end to enemy resistance, as Marines fought toe-to-toe with their antagonists in the dark.<BR />  <BR /> After Tinian was secured, the United States built the biggest airport in the world there&mdash;home to hundreds of B-29 Superfortresses. Among these, just over a year later, were the Enola Gay and Bockscar, which, with their atomic bombs, would quickly bring the Japanese conflict, and the Second World War, to an end.</div>

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The Battle for Tinian

<div><B>&ldquo;The difficult fighting in the Colmar Pocket is brought to vivid life&rdquo; in this WWII chronicle of the Allied 6th Army Group (<I>WWII History</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> By the fall of 1944, the Western Allied forces appeared to be unstoppable. The summer&rsquo;s Normandy invasion had driven the Germans out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. In September, they liberated France&rsquo;s southern coast with little opposition. Then, Allied divisions began lining up along the Rhine.<BR />  <BR /> While the Americans met a nasty surprise in the Ardennes, the Germans also held on to the province of Alsace, maintaining a hard pocket around the city of Colmar. On New Year&rsquo;s Eve, they launched Operation Northwind, a counteroffensive that nearly put Allied forces back on their heels. On January 12, 1945, Eisenhower could only tell George Marshall that Colmar was &ldquo;a very bad thorn in our side today.&rdquo;<BR />  <BR /> This is the story of the Sixth Army Group, a unit that combined US and French forces, and its unexpectedly bloody and protracted battle for the Colmar Pocket. Amidst a horrific winter and rough terrain, interspersed by demolished towns, the Allied Army Group traded blows with the German 19th in a ferocious campaign. This book informs us fully of the tremendous and costly struggle waged in an often-neglected sector of World War II&rsquo;s European Theater.</div>

Eisenhower's Thorn on the Rhine

<div><B>The decisive battle in Gen. MacArthur&rsquo;s reclaiming of the Philippines in WWII is told in vivid, on-the-ground detail in this &ldquo;definitive account&rdquo; (<I>WWII History Magazine</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> When Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines in 1942 to organize a new American army, he vowed, &ldquo;I shall return!&rdquo; More than two years later, he did return, retaking the Philippines from the Japanese. The site of his reinvasion was the central Philippine island of Leyte.<BR />  <BR /> The Japanese high command decided to make Leyte the &ldquo;decisive battle&rdquo; for the western Pacific and rushed crack Imperial Army units from Manchuria, Korea, and Japan to overwhelm the Americans. The Americans in turn rushed in reinforcements. This unique battle also saw a counteroffensive designed to push the Americans off the island and capture the elusive Gen. MacArthur.<BR />  <BR /> Both American and Japanese battalions spent days surrounded by the enemy, often until relieved or overwhelmed. Leyte was a three-dimensional battle, fought with the best both sides had to offer, and did indeed decide the fate of the Philippines in World War II.</div>

Leyte, 1944

<div><B>This WWII regimental history traces an unsung U.S. Army from its important role in the liberation of Europe through the postwar lives of its leaders.</B><br/><br/>The Ninth Army was formed in May of 1944 under the command of General William Hood Simpson. By late August, it was ready to join the crusade in Europe. Known by its radio call sign “Conquer,” this brave army landed at Utah Beach, France, and joined General Patton’s Battle for Brest, finally capturing Brittany’s largest port in late September.<br/><br/>The Ninth Army went on to become the only American army to fight under British Field Marshal Montgomery’s command, crossing the Rhine and playing a role in the Battle of the Bulge. The Ninth was involved in the reduction of the Wesel Pocket, Operation Varsity, the airborne drop across the Rhine, the reduction of the Ruhr Pocket, and then the “Race to Berlin.” <br/><br/>The Ninth reached the Elbe River before it was stopped not by the enemy, but by high command. Following the end of hostilities, the army was dissolved. This new history of the Ninth covers all levels of the army’s activities from the responsibilities and duties of the higher echelon, the commanders through to combat stories of the units under its command and Medal of Honor actions.</div>

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