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Photo: US officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after Marines and soldiers landed on the island, July 20, 1944. Public domain via US Army.

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USA - The American Beast: Capturing Guam

Goalhanger

30 Jul, 2024

WHW USA

54 mins

Naval Campaigns

U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)

USAAF (United States Army Air Forces)

U.S. Army

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)

War in the Pacific

1944

Seaborne Invasions

Strategic Air Campaign

Meet the Speakers

John McManus

John C.McManus is a military historian, author, and professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on
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