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| rdfs:comment | - The island held great strategic importance because of its key location near the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa which were locations decided upon to be air bases for prolonged operations against Japan. Therefore, Peleliu in the Palau islands was a staging point that made way for battles later in 1945. Though, controversy has arisen for the cost of the battle and how important the end result was in the war.
- The Battle of Peliliu is arguably one of World War II's most pointless battles, because so many people died over a tiny lump of rock. No one knows why the Americans sent so few men, or why there were so many Japs on one island, but the battle was a turning point in the Pacific Theatre.
- The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September–November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau. U.S. Marines of the First Marine Division and later soldiers of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager which ran from June 1944 to November 1944 in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
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| Commander | - Kunio Nakagawa
- Count 'Beat' Takeshi
- Sergeant Tom Sullivan out of COD:WAW
- William H. Rupertus
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| Caption | - --09-15
- A mindless Japan banzai warrior who fought at peleliu
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| Casualties | - 1
- 81
- 202
- 542
- 1252
- 10695
- Everyone but Pvt. Miller & Cpt. Price, everthing else gone or missing, Price swims to safety.
- All of'em
- Total: 1,794 killed, 8,010 wounded or missing
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| Result | - American victory
- America scrapes through, Japs get pissed
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| combatant | - Japanese Empire
- United states of America
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| Place | - Peleliu, Palau Islands
- Peliliu Island, South Pacific
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| Conflict | - Battle of Peleliu
- World war II
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| abstract | - The island held great strategic importance because of its key location near the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa which were locations decided upon to be air bases for prolonged operations against Japan. Therefore, Peleliu in the Palau islands was a staging point that made way for battles later in 1945. Though, controversy has arisen for the cost of the battle and how important the end result was in the war.
- The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September–November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau. U.S. Marines of the First Marine Division and later soldiers of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager which ran from June 1944 to November 1944 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Major General William Rupertus, USMC—commander of 1st Marine Division—predicted the island would be secured within four days. However, due to Japan's well-crafted fortifications and stiff resistance, the battle lasted over two months. In the United States, it was a controversial battle because of the island's questionable strategic value and the high casualty rate, which was the highest for U.S. military personnel of any battle in the Pacific War. The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines".
- The Battle of Peliliu is arguably one of World War II's most pointless battles, because so many people died over a tiny lump of rock. No one knows why the Americans sent so few men, or why there were so many Japs on one island, but the battle was a turning point in the Pacific Theatre.
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