Works Cited

Primary Sources

New York Times. 29 July 1944. ProQuest 5000,

search.proquest.com/docview/107013314/7A8DD861EDA94B77PQ/1?accountid=2305.

Accessed 27 Oct. 2017. This is a primary source that gives factual evidence on the

number of deaths happening in the battle. It states that 2,000 Japanese people have died

during the attack on Guam. It tells how the Americans smashed a fierce attack on Guam.

New york Times. 1 Aug. 1944. ProQuest 5000,

search.proquest.com/docview/106954607/3C024CD468584A1APQ/1?accountid=2305.

This source shows how Japan and the Chinese were able to take over Guam and

concern the people of Guam. It talks about the strategies used on both sides and what the

outcomes where. This source also provides much information on the number of people

who battle and some on deaths and ones who were missing. This source is a reliable

source because of its a primary source of a newpaper published by the newyork times.

New York Times. 1 July 1944. ProQuest 5000,

search.proquest.com/docview/106742074?accountid=2305. Accessed 27 Oct. 2017. This

primary source gives us a lot of information on a thing like the amount of warfare used in

the battle and how they used this warfare to overtake the Orton Penisula. This site is a

reliable souce because its a primary souce from the new york times.

Battle of Guam (1944). Produced by British Pathe, 2014. This video is a primary source video

with clips from the time period of the Battle of Guam. This video gives a summary of the
 Battle of Guam and also helps the viewer learn what people looked like and did. There is

primary source footage in this video which helps me uderstand whats going on.

marine Landing with Flag 1944. World War II Wiki, world-war-

2.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Guam_(1944). This photo depicts the U.S soldiers

Planing the U.S Flag on Gaums soil after landing there. This helps our project because it

shows the United States detetination during the battle and how they never stopped

figthing for freedom.

National Parks Service Map of Battle. The Stamford Historical Society, Stamford Historical

Society, 2009, www.stamfordhistory.org/ww2_guam.htm. Accessed 8 Feb. 2018. This

picture shows the exact region of Guam during the time of the Battles of Guam. It shows

the roads and the capital of Guam during this time. This helps me see the shape of the

land of Guam and how much and how big the territory is.

Second Battle of Guam. World War II Wiki, world-war-

2.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Guam_(1944). This Photo helps us because it shows

the pain and toucher there U.S Marine soldiers when through when getting around Guam

and what they did to do so. Also, this helps us because it gives us an look of what

truley happened during the battle.

Secondary Sources

“Battle of Guam.” History Net, 2017, www.historynet.com/battle-of-guam. Accessed 15 Dec.

2017. The source provides factual evidence on when and who Japan took over the battle

of Guam in 1941. After many days of fierce fighting and battle, the marines and the navy

had fallen and Guam was taken over. But in 1944, the United States where able to win
 back Guam after one week of none stop fighting. Also, this source gives a primary

source from one of the soldiers from the navy giving his thoughts and predicaments on

the matter. This source helps us understand the amount of death and casuatles on both

sides of the battles and a primsary sorce of a U.S naval solider.

“Guam: A Tiny Territory Caught in a Global War of Words.” NY Times, NY Times Company, 9

Aug. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/world/asia/guam-north-korea-visual.html.

Accessed 31 Oct. 2017. This source is a website that includes facts about Guam in

today’s society. This source tells about the lifestyle people of Guam live. They are living

in fear because of the scare of war between North Korea and America. This source gives

primary source details of people talking about how they feel and how worried they are.

“Guam in World War II.” NPS, 2017, www.nps.gov/articles/guamwwii.htm. Accessed 15 Dec.

2017. The source of this article is the National Park Service website. This source is

reliable because it is the official website of the National Parks, ran by the US

government. This website explains details of how Japan bombed Guam, and how the

United States fought back. This helps our project because it provides information and

details about each step the United States had to take to secure Guam back.

Marine Corps Association. 23 Jan. 2016, www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/gallery/second-

battle-guam. Accessed 15 Dec. 2017. This source displays a lot of factual information on

the second battle of Guam in 1944 when the United States take back Gaum with there

best efforts and it explains what was going on the Pearl Harbor attacks at the time and

how that battle plays a role. This soucre gives our group a better back round on what

events occured after the first battle in 1941.

Sommerville, Donald. “Battle of Guam.” Britannica.com, Encyclopædia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2017,

www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guam-1944. Accessed 15 Dec. 2017. This source

tells exactly how many people died on each side of the battle, and when the Battle of

Guam took place. This source also provides a picture of a fighter jet flying over Guam.

This source is reliable because it is the official website of Encyclopedia

US Army Center of Military Histoy. July 2014,

history.army.mil/news/2014/140721a_guam.html. Accessed 15 Dec. 2017. This source

tells the exact dates of the Battle of Guam. 21 July - 10 August 1944 were the days the

battle took place and it tells what happened specifically these days.