✦ History

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

June 1944 – November 1944 · Micronesia

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

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United States

United States
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

Empire of Japan

Japan
Jisaburō Ozawa military commander Sadae Inoue military commander Kunio Nakagawa military commander Hideyoshi Obata military commander Yoshitsugu Saitō military commander