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Landing in Hell

The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944

by Peter Margaritis
Shawn Compton
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On September 15, 1944, the United States invaded the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu, located at the southern end of the Palau Islands. Boasting a large airfield from which the Americans could mount bomber campaigns, Peleliu was a strategically essential part of Gen. MacArthur's long-awaited liberation of the Philippines. With the famed 1st Marine Division making the amphibious assault, Pacific High Command was confident that victory would be theirs in just a few days.

They were drastically wrong. A mere week after landing, having sustained terrific losses in fierce combat, the 1st Marine Regiment was withdrawn. The entire division would be out of action for six months after sustaining the highest unit losses in Marine Corps history.

This book analyzes the many things that went wrong in the Battle for Peleliu, and in doing so, corrects several earlier accounts of the campaign. It includes a comprehensive account of the presidential summit that determined the operation, details of how new weapons were deployed, a new enemy strategy, and command failure in what became the most controversial amphibious operation in the Pacific during WWII.

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    April 28, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9781705220573
      • File size: 289343 KB
      • Duration: 10:02:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Shawn Compton's dispassionate tone and bass pitch are a good match for this detailed account of the battle that took place on the Pacific island of Peleliu in September and October of 1944. The battle involved the 1st Marine Division and was expected to be much easier than it was. In fact, the division was out of action for six months afterward. Indeed, it was a Pyrrhic victory. Many of the details the author includes may not be of interest to those with a casual interest in the battle or what seems to be military trivia; however, those who want a full account will appreciate them. Compton's narration is appropriate for the text. He is suitably expressive to keep the performance from being boring and is clear when speaking. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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