My project is over the us pacific front of WWII. The U.S. was fdighting the Empire of Japan.the Pacific war was fought in the pacific ocean, its islands and china. I think the most interseting battle was the Battle of Peleliu island. The us was trying to capture a japanese air strip on the tiny coral island.
The Japanese Stratigy:
The Japanese lead by Colonel Nakagawa
1. Built fortified bunkers, caves, and underground postions in the islands rough terrain
2. They built the openings of the caves at a slant so that it wolud defend against flamethrowers and grenades
3.
1. The Japanese set up morter staions machine gun ports wich were backed up by light tanks and anitaircraft guns
2. The japanese fought mostly defencively in this battle
The U.S. Stratigy:
Major General William Rupertus was the commander of the only division that was suppsot to be fighting there
1. The us belived that bombarding the island before deploing their troops was the smartest way to fight.
2. They also desided to land on the south beaches instead of the heavily foritfied northern beach
Size
The US had about 28484 men land on Peleliu
The Japanese about 11 000 men on the island
Casualties and losses
US
1,794 killed, 8,010 wounded
Japan
10,695 killed,
202 cap tured
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