Battles Of World War Ii: Peleliu 1944; The Forgotten Corner Of Hell
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A focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Peleliu 1944; The Forgotten Corner of Hell chronicles one of the Pacific Theater's most brutal and overlooked engagements — the U.S. Marine and Army assault on the heavily fortified Japanese-held island of Peleliu in September 1944. The narrative details the harrowing cave-and-tunnel warfare that defined the campaign, as American forces faced a deeply entrenched enemy employing a new and devastating defensive doctrine that turned every ridge and coral outcropping into a killing ground. Written with the authority of dedicated military scholarship, the account presents the strategic context of Operation Stalemate II alongside the visceral, ground-level experience of the men who fought there, illuminating why the battle claimed such a staggering cost in lives for an island of questionable strategic value. The work argues compellingly for Peleliu's rightful place in the broader history of the Second World War, rescuing it from the obscurity that has long shadowed it in comparison to more celebrated Pacific battles like Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.
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Format: Hardback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: New
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Peleliu 1944; The Forgotten Corner of Hell chronicles one of the Pacific Theater's most brutal and overlooked engagements — the U.S. Marine and Army assault on the heavily fortified Japanese-held island of Peleliu in September 1944. The narrative details the harrowing cave-and-tunnel warfare that defined the campaign, as American forces faced a deeply entrenched enemy employing a new and devastating defensive doctrine that turned every ridge and coral outcropping into a killing ground. Written with the authority of dedicated military scholarship, the account presents the strategic context of Operation Stalemate II alongside the visceral, ground-level experience of the men who fought there, illuminating why the battle claimed such a staggering cost in lives for an island of questionable strategic value. The work argues compellingly for Peleliu's rightful place in the broader history of the Second World War, rescuing it from the obscurity that has long shadowed it in comparison to more celebrated Pacific battles like Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.