| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Before 1944 -- Prehistory and European colonization -- Japanese takeover of Saipan and Tinian -- Cultures and societies of Saipan and Tinian -- The Asia-Pacific war and islands' militarization -- Part 2. 1944 -- Saipan and Tinian invasions -- Mass civilian suicides -- Causes of the mass civilian suicides -- Non-suicide deaths and atrocities -- Civilian internment camps -- Number of civilian deaths and suicides -- Conclusion: aftermath. |
| Summary |
"When the Americans invaded the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944, civilians and combatants committed mass suicide to avoid being captured. This book draws on United States National Archives documents and photographs, as well as veteran and survivor testimonies, to provide readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
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Battle of Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands : 1944) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands.
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Mass suicide -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
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Mass suicide. |
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Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan. |
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Mass suicide -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
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Northern Mariana Islands. |
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Civilian war casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
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Civilian war casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Tinian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan.
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Civilian war casualties. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Battle casualties. |
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Military campaigns. |
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Mariana Islands -- Tinian. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Astroth, Alexander, 1992- Mass suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] 9781476674568 (DLC) 2019004703 (OCoLC)1049791315 |
| ISBN |
9781476635163 (electronic book) |
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1476635161 (electronic book) |
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9781476674568 |
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1476674566 |
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