IT WAS a long, hard pull for the Navy across the Pacific to within striking distance of Japan; but, by the time Saipan in the Mariana had been conquered (August 1944) and the major part of Luzon liberated (February 1945), two practicable routes were open to the ultimate objective - the Nanpo Shoto and the Nansei Shoto island chains.
An edition of Victory in the Pacific 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol.14)
(2001)
Victory in the Pacific 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol.14)
New Ed edition
by Samuel Eliot Morison
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"IT WAS a long, hard pull for the Navy across the Pacific to within striking distance of Japan; but, by the time Saipan in the Mariana had been conquered (August 1944) and the major part of Luzon liberated (February 1945), two practicable routes were open to the ultimate objective - the Nanpo Shoto and the Nansei Shoto island chains."
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