The Battle of Peleliu: Across the Airfield (Part 2)

Podcast: The War Office · The Operations Room

Opublikowano: 2026-06-09

The Battle of Peleliu enters a new deadlier phase as US Marines cross the airfield and fight into the Urmurbrogol Mountain to take the island of Peleliu. The dash across the airfield is met with fierce Japanese fire that takes its tolls on the Marines. Once the airfield is taken, the fighting mostly shifts to taking the Urmurbrogol Mountain, or as the Marines come to call it, Bloody Nose Ridge. Major General William Rupertus orders frontal attack after attack into the Urmurbrogol with devastating results, especially for Chesty Puller's 1st Marine Regiment. Thanks t...