Tinian Battle of World War II island battle of the Pacific War one of many wins since July 24, 1944 to August 1 the same year in one of the Mariana Islands, Tinian, the island at the U.S. military and Military combat, U.S. forces captured the island at last.
Background
Then the U.S. military offensive in the capture of Saipan, Tinian after; 5.6 km south of Tinian Saipan (3.5 miles), is the Battle of the Mariana Islands, the island the second time won the battle, Kiyochi Ogata Japanese army colonel led 8810 stick to the small islands.
Comparison of military forces
Japanese side
Navy
1st Air Fleet (Commander Executive: Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kakuda feel Governance: Three and volunteer Colonel (Col.))
56 Guard (Commander? Everyone I a Colonel)
1021 Air Force (commander? Hitoshi Daisuke Nohara millet)
121 Air Force (Commander? Tail is second in the Junior Rock (Col.))
Total of about 4,500 officers and men
Army
29 Division 50 companies (with the captain: Jing Zhi Tai Ogata Junior)
Division 43 of the 1st Battalion, 135 companies
Total of about 4000
Mobilized 15,700 people to local people (including the North Koreans in 2700)
U.S. military
Marine Corps 2nd Division
1st Marine Division
Total of about 54,000
Battle
July 24, 1944 U.S. Marines 2nd Division and Division 4 in the morning, to take "diversionary" landing tactical deception Japanese: The Marine Corps is taking ships from the north across the narrow Strait of Saipan in the U.S. Navy fired non-stop bombardment of Tinian, the fire cover for Marines landing, leading to the island in the north of the Japanese defenders really count, minutes southwest of sending troops to reinforce a fake pretending to attack the first two divisions landing amphibious U.S. 100 landing craft, yet no shore 2nd Division returned to transhipment at sea, landed northwest of the island, is really the 4th Division U.S. Marine Corps amphibious landing craft the first wave of 150 to 7 on the island later in the north-west to log in. success;
But the U.S. military because of the Japanese coastal artillery garrison in the coastal 200m time open coastal artillery counter-attack led to heavy casualties: USS Colorado (BB-45) and Norman. USS Scott (DD-690) by the Japanese artillery fire hit the shores of 6 inches: USS Colorado was hit 22 artillery shells at lead 44 U.S. sailors killed; Norman. The destroyer USS Scott were shelling the Japanese coast 6 times Captain Seymore Owens and 22 other U.S. soldiers with the boat people are so dead.
Japanese four brigades and regiments in the U.S. landing on the northwestern coast, emergency deployment to multi-barrel 75mm mortars to attack U.S. troops landing, resulting in landing at the U.S. 4th Division and the 2nd Division was killed on the spot, a brigade of 15 soldiers, injured 220 U.S. military; U.S. military casualties minor, proof of the weak against the Japanese in terms of firepower.
And Saipan, the Japanese take the same tough Morijima tactics, the U.S. military during the day and night fighting to avoid looking for a rest at night, 24 night night fighting the Japanese army launched attacks on the U.S. 2500, but U.S. troops kept on the air flares cause loss of night fighting the Japanese Advantage ground, U.S. military also destroyed four Japanese tanks, killing two Japanese captain company commander.
July 25 and all of the U.S. 2nd Division landed, and 4 co-south division joined forces attack; Japanese island residents mobilized the local men aged 16 - 45 years of age were divided into 6 teams 3500, the center of downtown streets along the island armed resistance to U.S. forces, the U.S. military from 25 to 30 days before fighting over local militias, continue to chase the Japanese attack.
July 31, has been to the south in pursuit of U.S. military raids, the Japanese give up the island's only fresh water wells, all retreated to the Japanese island of North last line of defense near the airport along Highlands North Island, deployed with U.S. forces into battle time, start to appear and actually started to take the Japanese terrorist "suicide operations" against U.S. forces; day late, the Japanese island of Army Commander "Ogata King records," Colonel out on the island the Japanese 31 Division Obata British Army commander Lieutenant General Liang ( Also a few days after the Battle of Guam on August 11 better to die) informed the final call: that must have been out of ammunition assistance will be determined to cling better to die in the end of the martyred;
August 1 a day from dawn to dusk, all the 9,000 troops the Japanese military offensive to 3 times in total, all heavy artillery repelled by U.S. forces; 1021 Air Force (commander? Hitoshi Daisuke Nohara millet) and Lin Most of the Japanese technology Koro died on this day.
August 3 dawn, no longer the Japanese guns ring; the U.S. military has occupied.
Tinian Island left one of the soldiers Murata Susumu also to the U.S. military, and later surrendered them to the tens of thousands of U.S. troops, time is the end of the war in 1953 after 8 years.
However, unlike the original Saipan Tinian airport had more hills, flat on the use of Tinian U.S. gun battle tanks and more powerful flat trajectory, so the 9 days before the U.S. would seize the island.
Battle of Tinian in the Pacific campaign is the first time the U.S. Air Force dropped napalm, 120 mounted in the disposable fuel tank (jettisonable tanks) the task of loading point, where 25 is the napalm mixture, the rest for oil - gas mixture ; projection task is responsible for the P-47 fighter jets, including 14 as a dud, napalm for the war concluded that burning the effectiveness of enemy camouflage surface is very good, burning enemy aircraft machine gun can be used effectively disguised fire; because all the trees on the island, the U.S. military already planning to build the island airport runway, so order early drop bombs razed the ground burning for hours.
Ending
Hundreds of Japanese in the southwest corner of the Aguijan Tinian island in the jungle fighting for several months, the Japanese captain led forces fighting the company commander Kinichi Yamada, until September 4, 1945 the Emperor announced Japan's surrender, they still have to continue to resist, Soon after the surrender - the surrender of the reasons for delay may be out of courage, it may not receive the radio broken surrender order;.
U.S. troops captured Tinian became the overall situation of the island of great strategic impact: repair capacity of 50,000 began to Tinian base and longer airport runway barracks, fortifications by the U.S. Navy engineering team completed 15,000, after crashing into the Pacific War the most to be busy, the U.S. military engineers built six 2,400-meter runway to meet the B-29 bombers taking off and landing requirements, since B-29 began to attack the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands and mainland Japan, resulting in World War II Pacific War significant change - Allied bombers could bomb the Japanese mainland every day, important facilities, rather than the previous once every few days to the dilemma of the bombing. |
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