Bibliography of the Battle of Saipan explained

The following is a list of resources related to the Battle of Saipan. It includes studies focused on the battle, as well as general works about the Marianas Campaign and the Pacific War that discuss the battle in depth.

Books

• Book: Astroth, Alexander. 2019. Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944: An Examination of the Civilian Deaths in Historical Context. McFarland. 9781476674568. 1049791315.
• Book: Bright, Richard Carl . 2007 . Pain and Purpose in the Pacific: True Reports Of War . Trafford Publishing . 978-1-4251-2544-8 .
• Book: Brooks, Victor. 2005. Hell Is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific, June–August 1944. Da Capo Press. 9780306813696. 61211333.
• Book: Chapin, John C.. The Battle for Saipan. United States Marine Corps Historical Division. Washington D.C.. 1994. PCN 19000312300.
• Book: Crowl, Philip A. . Campaign in the Marianas. 1993. 1960. 9. United States Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific. Center of Military History, United States Army. 1049152860. Part Two, Chapters III–XII focus on Saipan.
• Book: Denfeld, D. Colt . 1997 . Hold the Marianas: The Japanese Defense of the Mariana Islands . White Mane Pub . 1-57249-014-4 .
• Book: Gailey, Harry A. . 1986 . Howlin' Mad Vs. the Army: Conflict in Command, Saipan 1944 . Presidio Press . 0-89141-242-5. 13124368 .
• Book: Goldberg, Harold J.. 2007. D-Day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan. Indiana University Press, 2007. 978-0-253-34869-2. 73742593.
• Book: Hallas, James H.. 2019. Saipan: The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II. Stackpole. 9780811768436. 1052877312.
• Book: Harmsen, Peter. 2021. War in the Far East: Asian Armageddon 1944–1945. 3. Casemate. 9781612006277. 1202754434. Chapters 3 and 4 focus on the Battle of the Philippine Sea and Saipan.
• Book: Heinrichs. Waldo H.. Gallicchio. Marc. 2017. Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944–1945. The Marianas Campaign, June–August 1944. Oxford University Press. 9780190616755. 962442415.
• Book: Hoffman, Carl W.. 1950. [{{Google books|id=HvBmAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes}} Saipan: The Beginning of the End]. Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps. Carl W. Hoffman. 564000243.
• Book: Hopkins, William B.. William B. Hopkins. 2008. The Pacific War: The Strategy, Politics, and Players That Won the War. The Marianas. Zenith. 9780760334355 . 1311044045.
• Book: Hornfischer, James D.. James D. Hornfischer . The Fleet at Flood Tide: The U.S. at Total War in the Pacific, 1944–1945. 2016. Random House Publishing Group. 978-0345548726. Chapters 9–24 focus on Saipan.
• Book: Jones, Don . 1986 . Oba, The Last Samurai. Presidio Press. 0-89141-245-X. 13847435.
• Book: Lacey, Sharon T.. 2013. Pacific Blitzkrieg: World War II in the Central Pacific. University of North Texas Press. 9781574415254. 861200312. Saipan: Smith Versus Smith.
• Book: Love, Edmund G. . 1982 . The 27th Infantry Division in World War II . Battery Press . 978-0898390568.
• Book: Manchester, William . William Manchester . 1980 . Goodbye, Darkness A Memoir of the Pacific War . Little, Brown and Co. . Boston – Toronto . 0-316-54501-5 .
• Book: McManus, John C.. 2021. Island Infernos. Penguin. 9780451475060. 1260166257. Triumph and Tragedy.
• Book: Morison, Samuel Eliot . New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944–August 1944 . 1981. 1953 . 8 . History of United States Naval Operations in World War II . Samuel Eliot Morison. Little Brown. 9780316583084. 10926173. Chapters XI–XVIII are focused on The Battle of the Philippine Sea and Saipan.
• Book: O'Brien, Francis A. . 2003 . Battling for Saipan . Presidio Press . 0-89141-804-0.
• Book: Olson. James C.. Mortensen. Bernhardt L.. Craven. Wesley F.. Cate. James L.. 1983. 1950. The Pacific: Gauadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944. The Army Air Forces in World War II. 4. The Marianas. 9828710. 9780912799032. 671–696.
• Book: Petty, Bruce M. . 2001 . Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War . McFarland and Company . 0-7864-0991-6 .
• Book: Rottman, Gordon . Howard Gerrard . 2004 . Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire . Osprey Publishing . 1-84176-804-9 .
• Book: Sauer, Howard . 1999 . Torpedoed at Saipan . The Last Big-Gun Naval Battle: The Battle of Surigao Strait . The Glencannon Press . Palo Alto, California . 1-889901-08-3 . – Firsthand account of naval gunfire support by a crewmember of USS Maryland.
• Book: Shaw. Henry I. Jr.. Bernard C.. Nalty. Edwin T.. Turnbladh. 1989. 1966 . Central Pacific Drive. 3. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Historical Branch, G–3 Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps. 9780898391947. 927428034. Part IV, Chapters 1–6 focus on Saipan.
• Book: Sloan, Bill . 2017 . Their Backs against the Sea: The Battle of Saipan and the Largest Banzai Attack of World War II . Da Capo Press . 978-0306824715.
• Book: Tachovsky, Joseph . 2020 . 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles . Regnery History . 978-1684510481 .
• Book: Toland, John. John Toland (author). The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936–1945. Random House. 2003. 1970. 9780812968583. 52441692. Part V, Chapters 18–20 examine the Marianas Campaign and the Battle of Saipan.
• Book: Toll, Ian W.. 2015. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944. W. W. Norton. 978-0393080643. 902661305. Chapters thirteen and fourteen focus on the Marianas Campaign and the Battle of Saipan.
• Book: United States War Department Historical Division. 1991. 1946. Small Unit Actions– France: 2d Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoe; Saipan: 27th Division on Tanapag Plain; Italy: 351st Infantry at Santa Maria Infante; France: 4th Armored Division at Singling. The Fight on Tanapag Plain: 27th Division, 6 July 1944. War Department, Historical Division. 69–113. https://archive.org/details/SmallUnitActions-nsia/page/n81. 519761473. .

Journal articles and reports

• Hughes. Matthew. 2010. When soldiers kill civilians: The battle for Saipan, 1944. https://web.archive.org/web/20100127030443/http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=33822&amid=30301719. 27 Jan 2010. History Today. 60. 2. 42–48.
• Kaune. Charles S.. 1990. The National Guard in War: An Historical Analysis of the 27th Infantry Divisions (New York National Guard) in World War II. Master's thesis. Columbus College. Defense Technical Information Center.
• Trefalt. Beatrice. 2018. The Battle of Saipan in Japanese civilian memoirs: non-combatants, soldiers and the complexities of surrender. Journal of Pacific History. 53. 3 . 3. 10.1080/00223344.2018.1491300. registration. academia.edu.
• Sheeks. Robert B.. 1945. Civilians in Saipan. Far Eastern Survey. 14. 2. 109–113. 10.2307/3022063 . 3022063.
• Schmidt. Harry. Harry Schmidt (USMC). 1944. Report of Marianas Operation Phase I (Saipan). Marine Corps Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20220618162354/https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Saipan-Northern%20Troops%20and%20Landing%20Force%20%20Report%2C%20August%201944.PDF. 18 June 2022.

Online resources

• Allen. William B.. 2012. Sacked at Saipan. Monograph. School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command an General Staff College. Defense Technical Information Center.
• Book: Anderson, Charles R.. Western Pacific. U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. 2003. CMH Pub 72-29. 3 November 2004. 3 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120203034354/http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/westpac/westpac.htm. dead.
• Web site: Bisno. Adam. 2019. Operation Forager: The Battle of Saipan, 15 June–9 July 1944. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206204741/https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/saipan.html. 6 Dec 2019. Naval History and Heritage Command.
• Web site: Chen. C. Peter. 2007. The Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot. World War II Database. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712024518/http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=10. 12 Jul 2022.
• Web site: Southern Methodist University. 2019. Frank J. Davis World War II Photographs. SMU Libraries. Contains 18 images depicting the surrender of the "hold-out" Japanese forces under the command of Captain Oba in December 1945.
• Web site: Moore. David. 2002. The Battle of Saipan— The Final Curtain. battleofsaipan.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20021209154816/https://www.battleofsaipan.com/seabee.htm. 9 Dec 2002.
• News: Gilhooly. Rob. 15 May 2011. Japan's Renegade Hero Gives Saipan New Hope. Japan Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706001703/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/15/general/japans-renegade-hero-gives-saipan-new-hope/#.VZnJBHbP32c. 6 Jul 2015.
• Gugeler. Russell A. 1945. Army Amphibian Tractor and Tank Battalions in the Battle of Saipan. Office of the Chief of Military History. 8–5.3 BA. https://web.archive.org/web/20080103101731/https://history.army.mil/documents/wwii/amsai/amsai.htm. 3 Jan 2008.
• Web site: 2nd Marine Division. Saipan. 1944. ibiblio.org. A 2nd Marine Division pamphlet published just before the invasion describing certain expected features of the invasion and combat, including the presence of a large civilian population.
• Web site: Torikai. Yukihiro. 2006. Battle of Attu Island, Saipan Island and Tinian Island. ja. Torikai Lab Network. https://web.archive.org/web/20070516034652/http://www.geocities.jp/torikai007/war/1944/saipan.html . 16 May 2007 . Images and descriptions of Saipan, Tinian and Attu from a Japanese perspective.