World War II was the largest and deadliest conflict ... interested in learning more about their wartime role. By 1944, Peleliu Island was occupied by 11,000 Japanese troops, who built an extensive ...

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...

Airfields that played a pivotal yet fleeting part of America's campaign against the Japanese Empire in World ... of war in the world's next big conflict. Airstrips on the islands of Peleliu ...

Haldane was only 27 when a Japanese sniper's bullet ended his life Oct. 12, 1944, on Peleliu Island in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Few people who knew him back then are alive today.

and the Battle of Peleliu raged for two months, concluding in November. Remarkably, some Japanese soldiers remained hidden on the island until 1947. The fortified Totleben Island, located in the Gulf ...