The US Marines in World War II
Pacific Island Campaigns, Amphibious Warfare, and Marine Corps Combat from Guadalcanal to OkinawaBy J. Michael Wenger, Harry W. Edwards, James A. Donovan, Robert J. Cressman, J. Michael Miller, John C. Chapin, Charles D. Melson, Henry I. Shaw Jr., Joseph H. Alexander, Bernard C. Nalty, Cyril J. O'Brien, Gordon D. Gayle, Richard Harwood, Charles R. Smith, Marine Corps Historical Center
Length47h 22m
About this audiobook
The US Marines in World War II brings together a richly varied body of operational history, institutional analysis, and battlefield narrative to examine the Marine Corps' global wartime experience. Ranging from strategic questions of amphibious warfare to intimate accounts of combat, logistics, command, and sacrifice, the volume situates celebrated campaigns in the Pacific alongside the broader administrative and human structures that made them possible. Its standout studies of island warfare, air-ground coordination, and the evolution of Marine doctrine reveal World War II as both a crucible of military innovation and a contested historical memory. Prepared by historians associated with the Marine Corps Historical Center and a distinguished group of military scholars, the collection draws on authoritative traditions of official history while retaining an accessible narrative force. These contributors collectively illuminate the Corps' transformation during the conflict, placing its campaigns within the larger Allied war effort and the twentieth-century development of expeditionary, amphibious power. Their varied approaches—biographical, operational, and institutional—create a fuller account of how policy, leadership, and individual service intersected. This volume is essential for students of military history, readers of the Pacific War, and anyone seeking a multifaceted introduction to the Marine Corps in its defining modern conflict. It rewards close reading through the dialogue among its perspectives, offering both educational depth and a compelling sense of the war's immense scale.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length47 hrs 22 mins
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Publish dateJan 9, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The US Marines in World War II
2Introduction
3Origin of the Marine Corps
4The Marine Corps on the Eve of War
5Marines Defending American Soil
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6Pearl Harbor
7Introduction
8Suddenly Hurled into War
9They Caught Us Flat-Footed
10They're Kicking the Hell Out of Pearl Harbor
11Battle of Wake Island
12Military Reminiscences of the Civil War (Vol.1&2) (Annotated)
13Introduction
14‘Humbled-by Sizeable Casualties’
15‘Still No Help’
16‘All Hands Have Behaved Splendidly’
17‘This Is As Far As We Go’
18‘A Difficult Thing To Do’
19Marines Campaigns in Europe and Africa
20Europe and North Africa
21Introduction
22Allocation of Forces
23Assignment to London
24After Pearl Harbor
25Operation Torch
26Operation Overlord
27Changing of the Guard
28Defense of Iceland: Outpost in the North Atlantic
29Marines Campaigns in the Pacific Rim
30Defense of the Philippines
31Introduction
32Arrival in the Philippines
33The 1st Separate Marine Battalion
34Preparing for War
35War
36Bombing of Cavite
37Olongapo
38Mission
39Concentration at Mariveles
40Christmas Day
41Defenses of Manila Bay
42Corregidor
43First Bombing
44Deployment
45Battle of the Points
46Bataan
47The Bombardment Continues
48Reinforcements
49The Formation of the 4th Battalion
501st Battalion Defenses
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