Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu
by Gordon D. Gayle
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gayle, Gordon D.
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945)
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Palau -- Peleliu Island
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49032
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49032
- Release Date
- May 23, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Contents — Bloody Beaches : The Marines at Peleliu
- 3.Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu
- 4.The Divisions and their Commanders
- 5.The Changing Nature of Japanese Tactics
- 6.Naval Gunfire Support for Peleliu
- 7.The Japanese Defenses
- 8.The Assault in the Center
- 9.A Horrible Place
- 10.Special Reef-crossing Techniques
- 11.The Assault Continues
- 12.A Paucity of Reserves
- 13.The Early Battle in the Division Center
- 14.The 7th Marines’ Complete Destruction of Enemy in the South
- 15.Maneuver and Opportunity
- 16.Encirclement of the Umurbrogol Pocket
- 17.Encirclement of Umurbrogol and Seizure of Northern Peleliu
- 18.The Umurbrogol Pocket: Peleliu’s Character Distilled
- 19.Post-assault Operations in the Palaus
- 20.Was the Seizure of Peleliu Necessary? Costs vs. Benefits
- 21.Tom Lea’s Paintings
- 22.For Extraordinary Heroism
- 23.Sources
- 24.About the Author
- 25.Untitled
- 26.Untitled
- 27.Transcriber’s Notes
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