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The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 72-29. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012; Burbeck, James (2008). "Invasion of Peleliu". Animated Combat Map. The War Times Journal; Gayle, Gordon, BGen USMC. "Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu"
The Battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, Battle of Raiders Ridge, and Battle of the Ridge, was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces.
Island War is a "quadrigame", four thematically-connected games that use the same basic rules. The four games in the box are: [1] Bloody Ridge: Turning Point on Guadalcanal: The Guadalcanal campaign, the first major American offensive in the Pacific. (Designed by Kevin Zucker)
A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and ...
World War II: Panzer Claws (aka. Frontline Attack: War Over Europe) (2002) World War II: Frontline Command (2003) Panzer Claws II (2004) Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad (2004) Super Army (2005) Frontline: Fields of Thunder (2007) Panzer Tactics DS (2007) Talvisota: Icy Hell (2007) World War II: General Commander (2008) (2009 digital release ...
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.
In October 1944, the 5th Marine Regiment continues the campaign at Peleliu. Haldane gives them instructions to prepare to move to Bloody Nose Ridge the following day. In Kansas City, Missouri, Basilone continues his war bonds tour. However, Basilone is still haunted by the memories of war, impacting his performance at golf.
Kunio Nakagawa (中川 州男, Nakagawa Kunio, 23 January 1898 – 24 November 1944) was the commander of Japanese forces which defended the island of Peleliu in the Battle of Peleliu which took place from 15 September to 27 November 1944. He inflicted heavy losses on attacking U.S. Marines and held Peleliu Island for almost three months.