Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan, credited to John C. Chapin, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan by John C. Chapin. Read in English by Aaron Bennett. The [15 June 1944] campaign on Saipan…brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced in subsequent operations in the Central and Western Pacific in the days that lay ahead in the Pacific War. Holland Smith declared it “the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive” for it “opened the way to the home islands.” Japanese General Saito had written that “the fate of the Empire will be decided in this one action.” It had truly been a “strategic strike” for the United States. - Summary by John C. Chapin

Recording facts

• Recording title: Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
• Author credits: John C. Chapin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Combined MP3 track duration: 1:54:22

Catalogue topics

• wwii
• war in the pacific
• marines
• world war 2
• usmc
• marines in the pacific
• marines in wwii

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 - Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan — 19:56
2. 02 - Chapter 2 - Sidebars — 9:09
3. 03 - Chapter 3 - D+1–D+2, 16–17 June; Sidebars — 8:52
4. 04 - Chapter 4 - D+3, 18 June; D+4–D+7, 19–22 June; Sidebar — 12:18
5. 05 - Chapter 5: Part 1 - D+8–D+15, 23–30 June — 13:46
6. 06 - Chapter 5: Part 2 - D+8–D+15, 23–30 June — 12:18
7. 07 - Chapter 6 - D+16–D+19, 1–4 July — 8:34
8. 08 - Chapter 7 - D+20–D+23, 5–8 July — 13:20
9. 09 - Chapter 8 - D+24, 9 July; Sidebars; Saipan”s Legacy — 16:08

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