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The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from 15 September to 27 November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.
War artist Thomas Lea's The Two-Thousand Yard Stare An exhausted U.S. Marine exhibits the thousand-yard stare after two days of constant fighting at the Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944. The thousand-yard stare (also referred to as two-thousand-yard stare ) is the blank , unfocused gaze of people experiencing dissociation due to acute stress ...
Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war ...
Peleliu (or Beliliou) is an island in the island nation of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau . The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II .
Fury in the Pacific is a 1945 American documentary short film about a pair of World War II battles in the Pacific: the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Angaur.It was co-produced by the United States Army, United States Navy, and the United States Marines, and directed by a series of combat cameraman — of whom nine became casualties of the battles they were filming. [1]
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
The Anglo-German naval arms race became a considerable source of tension between Germany and Britain prior to World War I. Royal Navy warships pictured above in battle formation. Although the Haldane Mission of February 1912 failed to halt the Anglo-German naval arms race , the race suddenly paused in late 1912 as Germany cut its naval budget.
Later, Haldane declares that he will leave his position, instructed to serve in another battle, having failed in convincing his superiors in changing orders. At the hospital ship, Leckie reunites with Runner, and both wonder the fate of their friends back at Peleliu. They stare at the island from the deck, prepared to go back home.