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  2. Battle of Peleliu - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Peleliu - Wikipedia

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    On the island's west side is a steep spine named Bloody Nose Ridge during the Battle for Peleliu in World War II - rising to an elevation of 75 metres (246 ft). A second raised area, Rois ra Sang and Roischemiangel, rises to elevations of just over 50 m at the northern tip of the island.

  4. Battle of Peleliu order of battle - Wikipedia

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    On 15 September 1944, United States Marine Corps forces landed on the southwestern shore of the island of Peleliu in the Palau island chain, 470 nautical miles due east of the Philippine island of Mindanao. This action, called Operation Stalemate II by American planners, was a phase in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Whether possession of ...

  5. Peleliu Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Peleliu Airfield was built by the Japanese in 1944 with a pair of intersecting runways. During the Battle of Peleliu on 15 September 1944, 11,000 Japanese defended the island when the 1st Marine Division assaulted landing on the southwest corner of the island, just to the west of the airfield.

  6. Mariana and Palau Islands campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Campaign Plan Granite II, was an offensive launched by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War. [1]

  7. Naval Base Peleliu - Wikipedia

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    Peleliu Naval Base was a major United States Navy sea and airbase base on Peleliu island, one of sixteen states of Palau. The United States Marine Corps took the island in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. Battle of Peleliu was a costly conflict that started September 15, 1944, and ended November 27, 1944. [1]

  8. Pacific War - Wikipedia

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    Political map of the Asia-Pacific region, 1939 ... The invasion of Peleliu in the Palau Islands on 15 September ... The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval ...

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Palau

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    Peleliu Battlefield: Peleliu Battlefield: February 4, 1985 : Peleliu Island Peleliu: WW2 Era Battlefield. See also. List of United States National Historic Landmarks ...