Online Collection

The Online Collection showcases a selection of our objects for you to discover and explore. This resource will grow as the Museum's Collection is catalogued and computerised, and as new acquisitions are added.

« New search

« Prev - 1 of 1 results - Next »

US Marines supported by armoured landing vehicles on the beach at Saipan, June 1944

Photograph, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945), 1944.

The Americans landed on Saipan in the Marianas Islands on 15 June 1944 and spent more than three weeks engaged in heavy close-quarter fighting to secure the island from the Japanese. The battle cost the Americans over 3,400 killed and 10,300 wounded, whereas of the estimated 30,000 Japanese defenders, only around 900 were taken prisoner. The rest had fought to the last.

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1985-11-36-422

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1985-11-36-422

Browse related themes