- Saipan - the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States
--1 is a kind of island
--1 is a part of Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands- Saipan - US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
--2 is a kind of amphibious assault
--2 is a part of World War II, World War 2, Second World War - Saipan - US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II