Battle of Tinian

Battle of Tinian
Part of World War II, Pacific War
U.S Marines wading ashore on Tinian.
Date 24 July – 1 August 1944 Location Tinian, Mariana Islands Result American Victory
Belligerents
United States	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Harry Schmidt Richmond K. Turner Thomas E. Watson Clifton B. Cates	Kiyochi Ogata † Kakuji Kakuta † Goichi Oya †
Units involved
V Amphibious Corps 2nd Marine Division 4th Marine division 147th Infantry Regiment Additional Support units	31st Army 29th Infantry Division 50th Inf. Regiment Additional Support units
Strength
41,364 Marines	8039
Casualties and losses
326 killed 1,593 wounded	5,542 killed 252 captured rest (2,265) missing
Up to 4,000 Japanese civilians killed (including many suicides)

V Amphibious Corps

31st Army

The Battle of Tinian was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The 9,000-man Japanese garrison was eliminated, and the island joined Saipan and Guam as a base for the Twentieth Air Force.

A two-prong attack through the Central Pacific and the Philippines was adopted at the 1943 Cairo Conference. Operation Granite II, was a U.S. Navy devised strategy of island hopping, calling for the seizure of Saipan, Tinian and Guam. The Gilbert and Marshall Islands had been seized by the summer of 1944, while some Japanese garrisons were left to starve.

The Japanese defending the island, the 50th Infantry Regiment, which was originally part of 29th division, were commanded by Colonel Kiyochi Ogata and his subordinate Goichi Oya. Vice-Admiral Kakuji Kakuta, commander of First Air Fleet, was headquartered in Manila, but on Tinian on an inspection tour when the invasion started.

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