Battle of Peleliu (15 September – 27 November 1944)

 

Battle of Peleliu



The first wave of U.S. Marines in LVTs during the invasion of Peleliu on September 15, 1944
Date15 September – 27 November 1944
(2 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Peleliu, Palau Islands
7°00′N 134°15′ECoordinates: 7°00′N 134°15′E
ResultAmerican victory
Belligerents
 United States Japan
Commanders and leaders
William H. Rupertus
Paul J. Mueller
Roy S. Geiger
Herman H. Hanneken
Harold D. Harris
Lewis B. Puller		Kunio Nakagawa †
Sadae Inoue
Units involved

III Amphibious Corps

Additional support units

Peleliu garrison

Additional support units
Strength
47,561[1]:3610,900[1]:37
17 tanks[2]
Casualties and losses
7,919
1,460 killed[3]:327		14,000[3]:327(including losses in the surrounding islands)
13,600 killed
400 captured
Battle of Peleliu
Location within Palau
Battle of Peleliu is located in Palau
 

The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the United States military, was fought between the U.S. and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Campaign of World War II, from September to November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.

U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division, and later soldiers of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island of Peleliu. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager, which ran from June to November 1944, in the Pacific Theater.

Major General William Rupertus, commander of the 1st Marine Division, predicted the island would be secured within four days.[4] However, after repeated Imperial Army defeats in previous island campaigns, Japan had developed new island-defense tactics and well-crafted fortifications that allowed stiff resistance,[5] extending the battle through more than two months. The heavily outnumbered Japanese defenders put up such stiff resistance, often fighting to the death in the Emperor's name, that the island became known in Japanese as the "Emperor's Island."[6]

In the U.S., this was a controversial battle because of the island's negligible strategic value and the high casualty rate, which exceeded that of all other amphibious operations during the Pacific War.[7] The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines".[8]


  

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