Full name: To the Marianas: War in the Central Pacific 1944

Author: Edwin P. Hoyt Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780380658398 0380658399

Edwin P. Hoyt takes us into the center of combat as the Pacific Fleet invades the Marshalls, battles the enemy at Eniwetok, Kwajalein and Saipan, captures Guam and Tinian; and, in June of 1944, invades the Marianas. We are there as America's strike force, finally at full strength, crumbles Japan's perimeter in the Central Pacific. Hoyt also shows the battles from both American and Japanese perspectives. Furthermore, we are allowed a glimpse of the less well-known clashes between the leaders of America's forces, as the Allies' drive toward Tokyo across the Central Pacific in one of the greatest operations in military history.