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Title: Hell Is Upon Us

Subtitle: D-Day in the Pacific - Saipan to Guam, June to August 1944

Author: Victor Brooks

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 51 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

During the next eight weeks, tens of thousands of men, hundreds of airplanes, and dozens of major warships were locked in mortal combat. When it was over, 60,000 Japanese ground troops and most of the carrier air power of the Imperial Navy were annihilated; Japan's leader, Tojo, was thrown out of office in disgrace; and the newly captured enemy airfields were being transformed into launching bases for the B-29s that would carry the conventional and, later, atomic bombs to Japan, turning the land of the Rising Sun into a charred cinder. After the U.S. victory in the Marianas campaign, the road to Tokyo was clearly in sight.

Critic Reviews:

"This opinionated, profane, and confrontational sailor was a brilliant naval strategist who has rarely received the acclaim he deserves. This is an excellent account of a campaign that guaranteed final victory in the Pacific theater." (Booklist)

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