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The battle for Saipan begins: Japanese ideology, propaganda, and the strategic importance of the Mariana Islands

As the Pacific War intensified in 1944, the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands became one of the most strategically important battlegrounds of World War II. For Japan, Saipan was not simply a ...
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U.S. survivors of WWII battle recall Saipan attack

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Even after seven decades, Wilfred “Spike” Mailloux won’t talk about surviving a bloody World War II battle unless longtime friend John Sidur is by his side.