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I believe that the Battle of Peleliu during WWII was unnecessary to the…
I believe that the Battle of Peleliu during WWII was unnecessary to the Untied States' victory in the Pacific in WWII
Pre-Battle
US chose to be isolationist during WWII, but many thought this wouldn't last
Dec. 7 1941, the Japanese attacked a naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which swiftly brought the US into war with Japan, then Germany and the rest of the Axis powers soon after
Within a few months, the Pacific Theater of WWII began, with US Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed Supreme Allied Commander Pacific Ocean Areas
In the other major theatre in the Pacific region, known as the South West Pacific theatre, Allied forces were commanded by US General Douglas MacArthur
Right before the battle
by mid-1944, the US were rapidly approaching on mainland Japan
Nimitz worked in the Central Pacific theater and seized the Mariana Islands, and put Japan within range of B-29 Bombers
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the island of Mindanao and the Palau island chain stood as potential areas were the enemy could flank them on their way to the Philippines
Joint Chiefs of Staffs told Nimitz to take the Palaus, and for MacArthur took Morotai
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The Battle
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The island was pillboxed by the Japanese, which was when they fortified and dug 100s of manmade and natural caves throughout the island and hid soldiers and supplies in them
0832, Sep. 15. Marines hit the beach
1st Marines were to land and take the northern beach then go left and take the Umurbrogol ridge system
Bloody Nose Ridge as it became known, took 6786 casualties from the US
"The reduction of the Japanese pocket around Umurbrogol mountain has been called the most difficult fight that the U.S. military encountered in the entire war.”
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vehicles
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ships like the Columbia, Alabama, Iowa, Johnston, Washington and more participated in the batle
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The People who fought
Marine
1st Marine Division were sent in and they were combat veterans who had already fought and won previous battles in the Pacific in WWII
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Major General William H Rupertus was the 1st Division's commander, a WWI vet
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Peleliu and its regiments: 1st, 5th, and 7th Marines, all infantry, and 11th Marines, artillery
Before World War II ended, the 1st Division was to participate in one last battle, the landing on Okinawa
Army
81st Division, the Wildcats, was formed in August 1917 and fought in France during WWI and were later reactivated in June 1942 for WWII
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When Peleliu was secured, the Wildcats began training for Operation Olympic
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Casualties
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3089 Army casualties, 9615 total
10,900 Japanese casualties