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US Marine versus Japanese Soldier – Saipan, Guam and Peleliu, 1944, Gregg Adams.
Looks at three island battles of 1944 in which the Japanese learnt from their mistakes on Saipan and Guam, where attempts to defend the beaches followed by immediate counterattacks had simply resulted in heavy losses and shortened the battle, and moved onto a defense in the interior of Peleliu, aimed at inflicting as many casualties on the Americans as possible rather than actually stopping the invasion (Read Full Review)
Bitter Peleliu, Joseph Wheelan.
This book looks at the long and brutal battle for Peleliu, a small but mountainous island attacked by the Americans because its airfield posed a potential threat to the forces about to invade the Philippines. The battle wasn’t expected to last for long, but the Americans had poor intelligence on the geography of the island, and also faced a new Japanese defensive strategy and a bitter struggle in the limestone ridges of the island followed (Read Full Review)
Beyond Peleliu, Peter Baird. A darkly compelling novel that looks at the impact war can have on the lives of everybody who comes into contact with it, for generations after the fighting has ended. Peleliu is the battle chosen here, because the author's father served in that battle, but the novel's message about the horrors of war and the shadows they cast is equally valid for any modern war [see more]
Moran, Jim & Rottman, Gordon L. Peleliu 1944, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2002, Campaign Series No. 110.
Peleliu: Tragic Triumph - The Untold Story of the Pacific War's Forgotten Battle, Bill D. Ross, Random House, 1991. Published in paperback as A Special Piece of Hell, St Martins Press, 1993.
Gayle, Gordon D., Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu , Marine Corps Historical Centre, 1995, Washington DC.
Hough, Frank O., The Assault on Peleliu , USMC Historical Division, 1950, Washington DC. Reprinted by The Battery Press, 1990.
