{"title":"ComPhibGroup Twelve \/ PhibsPac Intelligence","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"western-okinawa-beaches-green-yontan-top-secret-us-navy-assault-map-1945-p-8-007087","title":"Western Okinawa Beaches—Green \u0026 Yontan—Top Secret US Navy assault map 1945","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Western Okinawa Beaches—Top Secret—Sheet 2 of 6— Green 1 \u0026amp; 2'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYontan Airfield, captured by the Marines on the first day of the invasion, dominates this TOP SECRET US Navy map, issued with the attack order of Rear Admiral Reifsnider's Amphibious Group Four, the Northern Attack Force. Sheet 2 of 6 covers Green Beaches 1 and 2, where the 22nd Marines of the 6th Marine Division came ashore on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1945, while the neighbouring 4th Marines seized the airfield. The airfield's concrete structures appear at upper right, with Japanese gun positions and trenches overprinted in red among clusters of tombs that could serve as strongpoints. Each beach is shown three ways: a 1:10,000 plan, an oblique sketch as seen from the line of departure, and a running shoreline profile. A flag key explains how the beaches were to be marked by day and night. The reverse carries aerial reconnaissance photographs with Green 1 and 2 boxed, and tide and moonlight tables for April 1945.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54181506482523,"sku":"P-8-007087","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007087a.jpg?v=1790272642"},{"product_id":"western-okinawa-beaches-black-uza-tokeshi-top-secret-us-navy-assault-map-1945-p-8-007086","title":"Western Okinawa Beaches—Black, Uza \u0026 Tokeshi—Top Secret US Navy assault map 1945","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Western Okinawa Beaches—Top Secret—Sheet 1 of 6— Black 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 \u0026amp; 6'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis TOP SECRET invasion map was issued with the attack order of Rear Admiral Reifsnider's Amphibious Group Four, the Northern Attack Force that landed the Marines on Okinawa on 1 April 1945. Sheet 1 of 6, it covers Black Beaches 1 to 6 around Uza, Tokeshi and Takashippo, at the northern end of the invasion coast. Each beach is analysed three ways: a plan at 1:10,000 overprinted in red with Japanese gun positions, trenches and pillboxes, an oblique sketch of the shore as seen from the line of departure, and a running profile of rocks, caves and tombs. A flag key shows how beaches were to be marked by day and night. The Black beaches lay outside the main assault frontage; after Marines cleared nearby Zampa Misaki on 2 April they were found unsuitable for unloading. The reverse carries aerial reconnaissance photographs with each beach boxed, and tide and moonlight tables for April 1945.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54181506515291,"sku":"P-8-007086","price":680.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007086a.jpg?v=1790272644"},{"product_id":"western-okinawa-beaches-red-blue-yellow-sobe-top-secret-us-navy-assault-map-1945-p-8-007088","title":"Western Okinawa Beaches—Red\/Blue\/Yellow—Sobe—Top Secret US Navy assault map 1945","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Western Okinawa Beaches—Top Secret—Sheet 3 of 6— Red 1, 2 \u0026amp; 3; Blue 1 \u0026amp; 2; Yellow 1'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe heart of the Okinawa landings appears on this TOP SECRET US Navy map: Red, Blue and Yellow beaches around Sobe, where the 4th, 7th and 5th Marines were assigned to land on 1 April 1945. Issued with the attack order of Rear Admiral Reifsnider's Amphibious Group Four, the Northern Attack Force, sheet 3 of 6 shows the defences planners expected: gun positions and trenches overprinted in red, and a line of obstacles strung along the reef. In the event, initial resistance was light, as Japan's main defence lay inland to the south. Each beach is shown in plan at 1:10,000, as an oblique sketch from the line of departure and in shoreline profile. The reverse carries boxed reconnaissance photographs of Red and Blue beaches, with tide and moonlight tables for April 1945. The group reportedly came from an officer of USS Dade, which landed Marines at Blue Beach.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54181506580827,"sku":"P-8-007088","price":1220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007088a.jpg?v=1790272642"},{"product_id":"western-okinawa-beaches-kadena-yellow-purple-orange-top-secret-us-navy-map-1945-p-8-007089","title":"Western Okinawa Beaches—Kadena, Yellow\/Purple\/Orange—Top Secret US Navy map 1945","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Western Okinawa Beaches—Top Secret—Sheet 4 of 6— Yellow 1, 2 \u0026amp; 3; Purple 1 \u0026amp; 2; Orange 1'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKadena Airfield and the mouth of the Bishi River, the dividing line between the Marine and Army assault forces, anchor this TOP SECRET US Navy invasion map of Okinawa. Sheet 4 of 6 covers Yellow Beaches 1 to 3, assigned to the 5th Marines, and Purple and Orange beaches, where the 17th and 32nd Infantry of the Army's 7th Division landed on 1 April 1945 and took Kadena the same day. Issued with the attack order of Rear Admiral Reifsnider's Amphibious Group Four, it overprints in red a dense web of gun positions, trenches and pillboxes around Kadena, Toguchi and Hiza. The river mouth at Hagushi became the main unloading point for the whole invasion. Each beach is shown in plan at 1:10,000, as an oblique sketch from the line of departure and in shoreline profile. 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