✦ History

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

June 1944 – November 1944 · Micronesia

Result American victory

US forces took Saipan, Guam, Tinian and Peleliu from Japan. The Mariana airfields allowed B-29 bombers to reach Japan.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Empire of Japan

Other

United States
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz military commander Raymond A. Spruance military commander Roy Geiger military commander William H. Rupertus military commander Paul J. Mueller military commander Richmond K. Turner military commander
Chūichi Nagumo military commander Jisaburō Ozawa military commander Sadae Inoue military commander Kunio Nakagawa military commander Hideyoshi Obata military commander Yoshitsugu Saitō military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
128,000
Ships
600

Units

1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Division 11th Marine Regiment 307th Infantry Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 7th Marine Regiment United States Fifth Fleet
4th Marine Division