Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 1:00 p.m.Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 1:00 p.m.
Author and Naval historian James D. Hornfischer discussed the crescendo of U.S. operations in the Central Pacific, covering the air, land and sea operations that seized the Mariana Islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam, the strategic air operations conducted from the Marianas that ended the war, and the reckoning of the occupation that foreshadowed 42 years of the Cold War.
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