Battle of Tinian 1944 / Part 2 - Swift and Easy Victory

Although largely overshadowed by the other fierce battles at the Pacific theater, the seizure of Tinian was one of the best-executed amphibious operations of the Pacific campaign during World War II. In just nine days, men of the 4th and 2nd Marine divisions cleared the island achieving a swift and easy victory.
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[@paulloya5]

Alexander Peña, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, He was KIA July 30th 1944 on the island of Tinian,the island was declared secure Aug 1st, He almost made it home, R.I.P Uncle Alex, the Greatest Generation of All Time, God Bless America.

[@alansmith4595]

I was there in 83 with Marines on maneuver. Even all those years later EOD was busy blowing up old mines and torpedoes ( I found ) I worked on A water line to supply fresh water to the island. Found stuff I didn't expect and learned stuff I didn't know. The islanders were A friendly bunch.

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Funny, my name is David Smith, and I was there in 93 on maneuvers.

[@marklettow6610]

Yes, they are friendly. They still appreciate the US military and what our forces did to liberate them.

[@brentandvuk]

I was there too in 1983, I believe I was on the USS Fresno.

[@barrygrant2907]

My father was in the 92nd NCB on Tinian. His primary duty was surveying, and it was only late in his life that he told me he did all the surveying work for the atomic bomb pits and ramps. Much of the airfield surv eying was done by him. I asked what he did on Saipan, and he said he unloaded supplies on the beach.

[@marklettow6610]

I visited Tinian in 2016. I found this documentary well done and informative. We had a picnic lunch on White Beach #1 served by locals. We visited the war memorials, the old Japanese administration building, A-bomb pits, and the old runways. The local historian was the grand-daughter of a well known local boat builder before the war. When allied forces left the island well after war's end, she said her family got General Curtis LeMay's Tinian home that had been built after the battle. It had curtains, a refrigerator, running water, and a toilet, which was something they had never experienced before. They also got a beige convertible auto with a white top. Military fuel storage areas were left nearly full. Islanders had free diesel fuel, kerosene, and gasoline as long as it lasted. With only a small island and few roads, it lasted for quite some time. She said kids on the island disassembled certain bombs and artillery shells to get copper and brass pieces they could sell. Old war remnants and military "junk" was all piled in one area and is protected today by a chain link fence, and overgrown with jungle brush. The ocean water is a beautiful dark blue. When visiting these islands, it is hard to take it all in. Also, I had trouble keeping my directions straight on all the islands we visited, which makes it harder to get the battle progress in your head unless you are holding a map and a compass.

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

I was there in 93 when I was in the Army. The old Japanese Administration building was our HQ.

[@trumpetmano]

I lived on Saipan for 15 years and visited Tinian many times. For years the airfield and the A-Bomb pits were overgrown until Marines from Guam came and cleared the area once again.

[@alansmith4595]

I was there in 82. Then they were maintained and had monuments to both planes and crews. They literally dug A hole for each bomb to be loaded. There is also A monument for the Koreans that the Japanese used as labour's like Hitler used the jews. They were also killed the same way and disposed of the same way. I never learned that in school and don't see documentary s abought either.

[@idahosagebrush5662]

My dad was with 2nd Marines Div, If I recall right. He did a landing on an island before Saipan, Saipan and then Tinian, where he was wounded, the 2nd day I think. He spent several months in the hospital in Hawaii and Oakland, where they gave him a medical discharge. He said Saipan was the hardest invasion they did, but would hardly ever talk about it. He had an 8x10 photo taken at Camp Pendleton with his training group and he could name every guy in the picture and tell you where they died, which was most of them, or where they were wounded. The ones who were wounded were the survivors... He had no animosity towards the Japanese when he left this world. His map of Saipan which showed his objective and the route they were to take somehow made it home with him and is now in a Navy museum in San Diego for historians.

[@dr.tomgio6694]

My father fought along side him with the 39th Sea Bees. They were attached to the 2nd Marine Division - Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam. God Bless that generation.

[@robertcottam8824]

@@dr.tomgio6694 Every respect to those boys. They were so vulnerable going ashore time after time after time. I’m a Brit. An uncle did two landings: Husky (Sicily) and Overlord (Sword Beach, Normandy). That was enough for him, the tough old beggar.

[@dr.tomgio6694]

@@robertcottam8824I too had an uncle who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Thank God for our British and Commonwealth Allies! When push comes to shove, we know who we can depend upon!

[@robertcottam8824]

@@dr.tomgio6694 ❤️ Shivers down the spine. What those lads achieved - all of ‘em collectively - was special…. And then to witness my Uncle Jeff, shaking hands with one of your ‘uncle Jeff’s’, in 1969 (25 years on), in the museum at the site of the landing beaches… Ouistreham? Arromanches? Can’t remember. But it happened. Of course, the two of ‘em had a bit of a disagreement - and a couple o’ beers - about who was ‘better’…. 😂😂😂 Don’t matter does it? Together they saved the free world and were free to have a laugh and a pint years later while kids like me - then aged six - had a swim and explored the blockhouses that had claimed so many young lives. Brits, Yanks*, Canucks, Aussies, Kiwis… We just do it don’t we? Best wishes to you and yours *if I may

[@dr.tomgio6694]

@@robertcottam8824 You've got it, Rob! As long as there's an English language and a Magna Carta Libertatem in our common history, we will defend each other. God Bless!

[@jjaronske6445]

My great uncle (grandpa's little brother) was with 8th marines. Seized saipan and tinnian. Was sent to the big island on "mandatory break".... died in a jeep accident on the big island on his way to surprise my grandpa.

[@DemiurgicDreamer69]

Fuck yeah🇺🇲💪🏼 and may that badass man RIP🙏🙏🕊️

[@jjaronske6445]

@@DemiurgicDreamer69 he lied about his age to enlist. He was 17. Fought for 3 years. He was one of only 8 that survived in his unit. Thank you for your condolences.

[@DemiurgicDreamer69]

@@jjaronske6445 the balls them men had is unfathomable 🙏🙏 🙏the Pacific island hopping campaign was arguably the worst most bloody of WW2 next to D-Day and Stalingrad.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

My father landed on Saipan and then Tinian with the 4th Marine Div.

[@skyraider1656]

My late father-in-law Morgan L. Rauhouser was stationed on Tinian with the Navy SeaBees, then moved to Okinawa after that island was secured.

[@ag358]

My dad, marine 2nd div was at Tarawa, tinian Saipan and Okinawa ,thank you for keeping ppl aware.

[@laurencetilley9194]

Congratulations on a very well researched series on the Battles of the Mariana Islands. This is one of the best researched series on the battles of the Pacific I have viewed.

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Thank you very much!

[@robertcottam8824]

Good isn’t it. I’ve done a bit o’ research. This is spot on.

[@philr5497]

My dad was here and Okinawa 2nd Marines armor. He was a tank radio operator. After that he went directly to the occupation of destroyed Nagasaki.

[@misterp1694]

Excellent presentation... not many people cover the lesser known battles in the Pacific Theatre...(:>)

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Thanks!!!

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Great work. I knew they used the island for the atom bomb. Just never knew there was a battle to it. It's all the other islands that get the recognition

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Thanks!!!

[@DemiurgicDreamer69]

Yeah its quite sad actually because these pacific island hopping campaign was arguably more deadly, bloody, grusum nasty fight besides D-Day and Stalingrad but all the other battles get the recognition and not the island battles other than Iwo jima and Okinawa.

[@robertcottam8824]

@@DemiurgicDreamer69 Agreed. Overlord - rightly gets most of the attention. Because it was so big. I’m a Brit. Quite a lot of our lads (and yours) did opposed landings in Sicily, Mainland Italy and Anzio too. Hardly mentioned anymore. Best wishes

[@DavidBrown-cs1tq]

The British voice you hear is actor Sir Lawrence Olivia he did the narration of the BBC series in the 1970s The World at War and these videos are from this series.

[@FromtheBattlefields]

This is the best compliment for my work so far. Thank you!

[@paulreilly3904]

No it's not 😁, that's a great joke 👍

[@paulreilly3904]

@@KJB7777 thanks for the explanation.

[@scottperry7311]

The video at 19:28 is very interesting. I had never seen a motorized rocket launcher like that in US service during WW II before. I have been a history buff of WW tow for over 50 years, there is always something new to learn. I will need to look into this rocket launching system.

[@deanmason560]

My father drove a tank on Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. The tanks did not have a turret.

[@dougcorcoran5455]

My dad was a radio operator on a B-25 on Saipan. He didn't want to talk about it.

[@leondillon8723]

16:25)Why did they not use the Yellow beaches? They were on the other side and behind the USMC lines.

[@BuzzSargent]

Super Duper Show! How did you get such detail? Happy Trails

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@FromtheBattlefields]

As always, thank you very much!

[@oneshotme]

@@FromtheBattlefields You're very welcome!!

[@philipbyfield8814]

Excellent clear and precise

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Thank you!

[@scarletcrusade77]

Brilliant work on concluding this important Pacific battle FTB! Think we could see Kuril islands campaign, Sakhalin island campaign or the Aleutian islands campaign next please?

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Thank you! I promise to do a video about all you requested now and in your previous comments, but I cannot give you precise timelines. It requires a lot of research and the collection of photo and video materials.

[@scarletcrusade77]

@@FromtheBattlefields Thank you so much FTB! This has made me so happy to know I'll eventually see all these campaigns covered in the future. You should also set up a Paypal so people like myself can donate to you more than your patreon limit to support your good work :)

[@FromtheBattlefields]

@@scarletcrusade77 Do not worry about donations. I'm doing this for fun, and what I get on Patreon, I use to pay this irritating voice you all hate so much. Btw, you have a "thank you" button added as a new YT feature.

[@scarletcrusade77]

@@FromtheBattlefields Oh wow, very humble sir! I respect that. Also don't worry the AI voice isn't even bad it pronounces things fairly well and you kind of get use to it after a few videos. I think personally people complaining are a little spoilt because they watch bigger history YTers and expect everyone else to have the same big setup with a massive team you know. You're doing a really amazing job so keep it up!

[@robertsmith2227]

Bigger history YTers, like the one who starts most episodes with a fake phone call, or the one who can't help pointing out his history degree,or the one who complains about how tired and overworked he is getting the audience pissing and moaning FTB: don't worry about money, I do this for fun. You tell me.

[@AlanMydland-fq2vs]

u sure patton wasnt their, very smart moves❤

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

What happened to the natives on Tinian?

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

that is my question too

[@thomasfoley8316]

Navy Seabee

[@skingk2632]

Since the allies had not lost in any invasion attempt, the Japanese leaders obviously selected dragged out suicide for themselves and their men. The sensible thing to do would have been to just quit. Instead of defenses, they should have built themselves comfortables living areas and negotiated a surrender that assured they'd be well treated.

[@help8help]

The Japanese believed in the samurai code of bushido. They believed the greatest honor was to die in combat for their living god emperor. Surrender reduced one to being less than human including an enemy soldier. The standard thing to do to an American captured in combat would be to skin him alive (yes, for real). They were taught to expect to be treated every bit as cruelly if the surrendered. In addition Saipan and Titian were considered Japanese territory, home islands. They believed (and rightly so) that if those islands fell that the Americans would be able to bomb and kill their wives and children, or worse, kill their emperor. They did what they believed they had to do.

[@robertcottam8824]

@@help8help My Uncle Ernest was taken prisoner at Singapore and spent three and a half years as a ‘guest’ of the Japanese. He was on the Burma Railway, came back as a living skeleton having watched almost all his comrades die horrifically. He got his revenge by living to be 93, forming a construction business, gifting me four wonderful cousins and remaining a gentleman until the end. The only time he ever raised his voice to me was when I visited him in ‘91 driving a Japanese car. When I later visited Japan on a round the world tour, I didn’t send him a postcard. 😂 He was no coward, by the way. He’d already ‘done’ France in 1940 where some of his regiment were murdered by the SS… (Wormhoudt or Le Paradis - I forget) Best wishes.

[@thomasbernecky2078]

Hey Drach!

[@benelias3556]

When you are dealing with a country so egotistical and arrogant that they never know when they're defeated Japan lost the war when they started it cannot win a war with that mentality. Even the word of God clearly states Pride brings dishonor and a haughty Spirit comes before a fall

[@simon-oy6um]

You cant say the japanese werent fanatically couragous they fought to the last man 😢

[@Gool349]

04:38 is that a US soldier with a russian PPSch submachine gun?

[@redaug4212]

Footage from the Korean War.

[@DaveSCameron]

Surely there's an English speaking narrator available here....

[@marklandon9058]

Potentially interesting, but spoiled by illiteracy and very poor reading.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Pffft, what the fuck are you even talking about? I think maybe the literacy issue is yours, because there's nothing wrong with the scripts used by this channel. Yes, they use TTS and a voice model. If you don't like that, fine, whatever. But you have no grounds to criticise the writing.

[@geoffhunter7704]

Shame this site is bot narrated with an emotionless droning voiceover,so sad to miss out using a real human voice!

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

It is a real human voice, it just happens to have been turned into a voice model. But nothing is making you watch. Feel free to go watch The History Channel instead.

[@geoffhunter7704]

@@DJSockmonkeyMusic I WILL DO THAT,ROBOT!

[@counciousstream]

Very poorly produced and presented From the Battlefields. These are newly produced videos for the KZbin "military history" market. This is the third video I have watched and only made it half way through before clicking out. Here's specifically why: 1. The narration: An actor with an English accent drones through a script. This isn't a historical video folks. This was intended. The producer knows that there were no "leftenants" in any American forces. The intent of the narration is to create the impression of historical authenticity. 2. The excruciating detail is originally from high level battle reports - position reports. Great info but no effort at all by the producer to place it into any overall timeline of the overall battle. "The next day . . ., the next morning, the night before". How about Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, . . . ? 3. The producers went the cheap route with research and presentation. 90% of the video is poorly written and narrated script with diagrams. The remaining is made of up stock photographs of "a" pacific war battle. 4. It's re-hash of hash. Too light on context and too heavy on narrow detail. Keep in mind fellow viewers that KZbin is big business now and clicks and subscriptions are the path to riches. From the Battlefields is a cheap way for the producers to cash in on your interest in military history. It's also in my opinion a waste of time to watch

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Well, I'm doing this in my basement for fun, and it is not a BBC-size production. The narrator is a robot used in millions of other videos, and I'm using the one with a British accent because it sounds the best. Regarding the quality of the text, you are free to criticize, and I will not respond to that.

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Btw, If I rely on cash from YT, I would die out of hunger a long time ago.

[@counciousstream]

Judging by the other comments that you are receiving there are many who appreciate and value your work. Consider my comments just one man's opinion.

[@williampoppell5189]

Well out go and get rich big shot. This guy just does it for fun and I have enjoyed all of his

[@FromtheBattlefields]

Thanks!

[@piranhaattack4836]

4:39 I wonder how that PPSH ended up in the pacific

[@redaug4212]

Footage from the Korean War.