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On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moved confidently toward Peleliu, an obscure speck of coral island 500 miles east of the Philippines. Though he knew a tough fight awaited him, Rupertus anticipated a quick two-day crush to victory, strengthening Gen. Douglas MacArthur's flank in his drive on the Philippines. Instead, as The Devil's Anvil reveals, American forces struggled desperately for more than two months against 10,000 deeply entrenched Japanese soldiers who had spent six months preparing for the battle. By the time the…
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4 editions- Other · English · 1994Devils AnvilABC-CLIO, LLC · 314 pages · 9780313361029
- Other · English · 1994Devil's AnvilABC-CLIO, LLC · 9780313388552
- Other · English · 1994Praeger · 297 pages · 9780275946463
- Other · English · 1994Devil's AnvilABC-CLIO, LLC · 9781282567672
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, palau