Assault on Tinian

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Article abstract: Type of action: Amphibious assault in World War II. Result: Americans swiftly take Tinian from the Japanese.

After the fall of the Marshall Islands in January, 1944, the next phase of the American Central Pacific Campaign focused on the taking of the Marianas from Japanese forces, led by Colonel Kiyochi Ogata. Saipan fell in early July; American designs then turned to Tinian, only three miles south of Saipan.

American landings on July 24, led by Major General Harry Schmidt, surprised the Japanese because they used the small beaches to the...

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