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Book 1960
Victory in the Pacific
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- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1960
- Maritime history
- Naval forces & warfare
- History
- Military
- USA
- Military - General
- Military - World War II
- Amphibious operations
IT WAS a long, hard pull for the Navy across the Pacific to within striking distance of Japan; but, by the time Saipan in the Mariana had been conquered (August 1944) and the major part of Luzon liberated (February 1945), two practicable routes were open to the ultimate objective - the Nanpo Shoto and the Nansei Shoto island chains.
