Nine days after D-Day, on June 15, 1944, the Battle of Saipan erupted on the other side of the world. It was to be as pivotal for the Pacific Theater as D-Day was for the war in Europe. Eighty years ...

While fierce fighting raged on islands like Peleliu, another battle was unfolding that would shape the final phase of the Pacific War: the invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The capture of ...