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Battle of Peleliu (15 September – 27 November 1944)

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The Italian Invasion Of Egypt

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  THE BATTLE OF PELELIU (THE HISTORY OF THE BATTLE)  The Battle of Peleliu, named Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was battled between the US and Japan during World War II's Mariana and Palau Campaign, from September 15 to November 27, 1944, on the island of Peleliu.  Marines from the US first Marine Division and, later, warriors from the US Army's 81st Infantry Division, battled to catch an airstrip on the little coral island of Peleliu.  This fight was important for a bigger hostile mission known as Operation Forager, which ran from June to November 1944 at the Pacific Theater.  General William Rupertus, authority of the first Marine Division, anticipated that the island would be ensured in four days.  In any case, after rehashed routs by the Imperial Army in past crusades on the islands, Japan grew new island protection strategies and all around expounded strongholds that considered unbending opposition, expanding the fight for over two months....
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